There has been significant progress in the areas of education, arts, culture, economy and immigration through funding programs primarily under this roadmap. We appreciate the financial commitment of the departments of Citizenship and Immigration, Justice, Health, Canadian Heritage, and other federal agencies that have contributed and continue to contribute to the development of our community.
As an example for Nova Scotia, let me mention the management of French-language education from kindergarten to university, the creation of many organizations that work to develop our community and, as a result, the increase in French-language services.
However, in my humble opinion, there is still a lot of work to be done. In our communities, we often see disappointments and frustrations. For example, in terms of promoting French-language services, during the 2015 summer consultations, the majority of stakeholders pointed out that francophone minority communities were still not known as a destination for immigrants who prefer to use French in Canada. Nova Scotia is no exception. We find it deplorable that we no longer have the means to promote our beautiful region and our beautiful province, its wealth, and the history of our province's francophonie to those interested in immigrating to our country because of the abolition of the funding to community partners through Destination Canada.
We can see that a great deal of effort has been made in recent years to develop community vitality.
All the community organizations, which are largely responsible for this vitality, have been struggling with chronic underfunding for years. In Nova Scotia, we believe that, without additional funding support for operations, some 10 out of the 28 organizations may be forced to close in the near future. It would be a disaster.
Still along the lines of vitality, one of the strengths of our communities is collaboration. To survive the whole year with the little money they receive from the various departments and agencies, the organizations join forces, either to share facilities—