Yes, there is no doubt that things have changed since 2006. The networks have grown increasingly strong and more and more partners have rallied around them.
We just finished an evaluation of the period from 2013 to 2018 and produced a report entitled “Destination Health 2018”. We surveyed nearly 200 people and conducted interviews. We found that progress has been made in some communities in particular.
For example, the health care system in Prince Edward Island has been including people's language preference on its health cards since 2016. PEI is the first province in Canada to do that. It will take five years before all the old cards are phased out, but we already have access to some data. That data helps us to determine seniors' home care needs. We can see who is getting home care and who is not, and we are starting to see where there are problems. A lot of progress is being made in this area.
Manitoba created a new shared health services agency. We are now working with that province on the designation of bilingual positions.
The CNFS still offers training to health professionals in Canada's French-language colleges and universities. In fact, five colleges and universities recently joined the CNFS. Progress is being made everywhere.