When we talk about education in minority situations, or about French as a second language, Part VII of the act offers endless possibilities, but not in the way it is currently written.
The answer to your opening remark is that we first have to modernize the act. Second, Part VII is the part that affects the communities, the development and vitality of the communities.
The regulations must specify an accountability framework for federal-provincial agreements in education. That has to be included in the regulations. If it is included in the act, we hope that the act will be respected. As long as there is no legislative or regulatory framework, it will leave much too much room for manoeuvre.
As for your first comments, we must modernize the act. We must have an act that is much more consistent than it is currently. Parts IV, V and VI must be blended together and linked. Part VII must come with a regulatory framework. We have to ask ourselves questions about compliance mechanisms and governance. Modernizing the act is not just a matter of making a few amendments; it is actually about major structural changes.