Good morning everyone.
My name is Melinda Chartrand, and I am the chair of the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones, or FNCSF for short. I want to thank the Standing Committee on Official Languages for inviting our organization to appear and contribute to the committee's study of the roadmap and immigration in francophone minority communities.
Accompanying me is Roger Paul, the FNCSF's executive director. As part of our presentation this morning, we will provide some background on the FNCSF to help you become more familiar with our organization, as well as share our views on the roadmap and immigration.
We'll also touch on the FNCSF's requests for the next roadmap, which will soon be developed. In addition, we'll discuss the role immigration plays in building and strengthening the elementary and secondary education network in francophone minority communities across Canada.
In the package we provided, we briefly describe how the school boards came about. To give you some context, I will now tell you a bit about the FNCSF. You were given a document that explains what our organization is all about.