They are receiving it very positively. When the francophone significant benefit program was cancelled, we felt a sense of total separation from employers, and discouragement set in. The program's restoration brought us back to the starting point. We would like to convince those employers to continue supporting the francophone community through recruitment.
A few weeks ago, we received representatives of the four Canadian embassies in Paris, Tunisia, Morocco and Senegal. Their representatives came here to Manitoba to meet with employers interested in recruiting internationally and talked about the new program and the available opportunities. It was very positive. There was a meeting in the morning with members of the community to learn more about how the program works and what it provides and to establish ties with our overseas embassies. In the afternoon, the employers who had been invited came to listen to the representatives and to make contact with them and facilitate recruitment.
So the return of the program has been positively received. It was done in cooperation with other structures here in Manitoba and of course with the province itself.
The program has been relaunched, and we hope to be able to continue our activities so that people can use it.