I am currently president of Collège Acadie, on Prince Edward Island. That is a two-headed organization of the type we see in official language communities. We provide literacy programs, but we also provide college programs.
For service delivery on Prince Edward Island, we receive money under labour market development agreements, but the amount is insufficient to provide all the services to Prince Edward Island's francophone adult learners. So we have to play with project funding across the territory. We can submit a project to one department or another, but the service is not focused on learners' needs.
When it comes to core funding for an organization like our small college, on Prince Edward Island, RESDAC is essential for business intelligence on new approaches. We are talking about the quickest ways for learners to acquire labour market skills, essential skills or family literacy skills to ensure the passing on of the language.
We have not had a face-to-face meeting with the RESDAC people since 2014. Everything is done over the telephone, by videoconference or through other means. Videoconferences are fine and well, but I know Ms. Ngoga Tona, and it would be much more interesting if she were here with us. That said, this is the reality of our country.
We want to know what the world's best practices are in terms of adult education. RESDAC, on the other hand, goes from a legal literacy project to a health literacy project, and then on to something else. That meets some needs, but it is not focused on learners' holistic needs. They go from one thing to another, and there is no continuity in the work being done.