We are now in the month of May. However, in the field of education, preparations normally need to be made in advance. Those in charge have to know whether a program will be in place or not and whether funds will be available.
We began our consideration of the roadmap in early 2012, but it was only in 2013, if not later, that we obtained a positive response. The government bragged about the $1.2 billion in the media. It claimed that it made no cuts to the roadmap, even though $130 million from Immigration Canada was transferred to it.
However, your comments are in line with those from the communities, which are increasingly wondering what has happened to the roadmap. I think it must have gone to the United States. In any case, it is not on the same path as Canada. This program's role is to foster communities, to help them grow.
Now that we are conducting a study on immersion and similar considerations, we are starting to hear from communities that they have not received any money, that the situation is lacking clarity, that they no longer know where they are headed. In principle, roadmap funding should be available. I would really like to know how this situation will affect you and how you will manage to do without this government support. The government bragged all last year that it has never cut the roadmap's budget. It stated that this was the only program where no cuts were made. However, what we have been hearing makes it seem like no money has been provided through this program.