I really like that comment. I think it is an essential point in this discussion.
You mentioned allocated funding, and that interests me. You said that the money was allocated to anglophone organizations to provide French-language services and that francophones had to contact those organizations in order to take part in and benefit from them. Unless I am mistaken, the FCFA is not seeking funding, but it is asking that the funding allocation be targeted more effectively and that the funding be transmitted to organizations that will guarantee success.
Here is a specific example. A few months ago, some representatives of the provincial preschool resource centre in Nova Scotia met with me to say it was the only francophone organization in the country not receiving money for family resources. They also told me that, over the previous three years, they had obtained money through an anglophone organization that had allocated the funds to them. The anglophones therefore control the playground. The francophone community is not allowed to get established.
I very much enjoyed the information you cited. We must take charge of ourselves and give ourselves the power and authority we need to manage our files. That does not mean that we will receive a bag of money and that the community will decide how to manage it. However, under the structure in place, the federal government can choose the programs that will meet needs. In the example I cited, the money is going to an anglophone organization in Nova Scotia that allocates 20% to administration and submits the remaining 80%. This year, the francophone organization did not even get a cent.
Perhaps we should work on finding solutions to these problems. That is a very significant example.
I will close by discussing Destination Canada.