Thank you for that question, my dear colleague. I also have to thank you for the leadership in official languages matters that you have shown throughout your entire career. I think also thank you for having helped to have Ottawa recognized as a bilingual city.
My thanks go to everyone who has worked on this issue and provided a huge amount of effort for years, especially the movement for an officially bilingual capital of Canada and all its allies in the government. I know that it is very important for our chair here today.
We also celebrate the leadership that the former Ontario government of Ms. Wynn has provided on the issue. For us, it was really important to finally recognize Ottawa as a bilingual city.
My fellow members, thanks to your work and to all those you represent, we have invested $2.5 million to provide more support for Ottawa communities who finally want to work to recognize French and the active offer of French services. We will be working with the communities that are going to submit projects so that we can distribute the $2.5 million.