It is as though they had sawed a leg off the table. For us, the francophonie is the ACFA. It is the entry portal for francophones who arrive in Fort McMurray.
The subsidy for that service for francophones was withdrawn and given to an anglophone agency that has no expertise in this area. That agency called me up to ask me for help in setting up the program because it did not know how to go about it.
This has harmed us enormously. The francophones received services from that agency, but for a year and a half, there was only one bilingual employee. The francophones had to line up and wait their turn. When it was their turn, they met an anglophone counsellor and started the process all over again.
It is the same scenario we have experienced our whole lives. It is not the right way to do things. People are not consulted to gain an understanding of the needs of francophones.
Consequently, the francophones come back to see us to obtain that service. An employment service is more than offering help to draft a resume. It is everything that constitutes the support you have to give people who arrive and who have to adapt, need services for their family, etc.
These are funds that were...