Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would also like to thank the witnesses for joining us today.
Unfortunately, I will not be able to be here for the entire meeting.
I have some questions, and I will start with Mr. Hominuk and Mr. Kashama.
I live in Sudbury, in northern Ontario. There used to be an organization called “Contact interculturel francophone de Sudbury”. I do not know if you are familiar with that organization. Its goal was to help new francophone immigrants to adapt to northern Ontario.
We take a lot of things for granted, like going to the bank, housing or employment for the spouse or the young people. The organization was funded by the government but, two years ago, there were cuts and the services it was providing were unfortunately transferred to two places, to Ottawa and to the YMCA in Sudbury, a bilingual organization. Personally, I see bilingual organizations as anglophone organizations. The effect was to reduce immigration to northern Ontario because no one was helping immigrants to settle there any longer.
Can you provide any comments about that organization, which is now operated from Ottawa?