We are rather fortunate with the situation in Manitoba. In fact, we drew inspiration from New Brunswick under Mr. McKenna's government. When CDEM was born, we saw bilingualism as added value.
I am very familiar with the situation in schools and I can assure you that our young people are highly coveted by the province and the federal government, which is the largest employer. The level of educational attainment is very high, according to the local results to the PISA tests.
Once again, we used New Brunswick's model and the research of Mr. Landry and Mr. Allard. Generally, the our young people, both in English and in French, are just as successful as their unilingual anglophone counterparts, if not more successful. Based on my personal experience, I can say that there have even been cohorts in our schools with elite international students from South America and Europe in particular. So Manitoba's education is doing pretty well.
The literacy we are most interested in is economic literacy. We have played a leading role in this area by helping our schools bring forward entrepreneurship. We have actually talked about this earlier. In Manitoba, we start that at a young age, in co-operation with the Franco-Manitoban school division and increasingly with immersion schools. There is strategic preparation for entrepreneurship when the kids are at a formative age, in grades 5, 6, and 7. We develop micro-business projects. Later, as they continue on to high school, we make sure to have entrepreneurship projects for professionals. Often, we make those projects fun, so that young people are well prepared to meet the challenge of becoming the next generation of entrepreneurs.
It is very important that communities take charge of these issues.