We certainly would recommend an increase in financial support to increase capacity. There are 13 francophone immigration networks whose responsibility is to find partners and mobilize employers. If we cannot promote the communities in foreign countries, we have to be able to work a great deal with the employers to make them aware of the opportunity being able to hire francophone and bilingual immigrants represents.
In light of current resources, it is already very difficult to do that. We would thus need increased support to strengthen those capacities. This necessitates the creation of partnerships with the chambers of commerce and a great deal of awareness-raising work with the municipalities to ensure that they get involved with francophone immigration.
Our current resources are very limited. At this time, in Ontario, there are three networks. Regarding francophone immigration, the networks cover enormous territories. If you divide Ontario into three parts, you can imagine the vastness of the territories each one of these networks must cover. Each network receives approximately $360,000 a year.