Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses.
My colleagues said earlier that we failed to implement a working framework in the past. Personally, I think that's going a little far.
We know that about $70 million is going to be added, of which $40 million is earmarked for your services.
In your opinion, what is the starting point of this five-year plan? The $36.56 million dedicated to the francophone integration pathway is going to be invested over five years. What are the initial criteria that will allow us to determine, five years from now, whether we have succeeded and met our goal? What is the objective we hope to reach in five years, compared with the initial objective? What are the initial benchmarks?
I would also like to you to explain to me the specific objectives this money is meant to achieve. For example, it talks about building the capacity of francophone organizations in the settlement sector. Does that mean more staff, people on the ground, employees in Ottawa? What kind of reporting is involved? How will we, as a committee—hopefully we'll all still be here in five years—analyze what happened in the five preceding years? We can look back 20 years, but we need to trace a line down to today. In five years, will we be able to say what happened and what did or didn't work?