Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to come back to the FCFA, which I started quoting earlier because I would like to honour them. Let me read the article:
For many organizations and institutions in our communities, it is the eleventh hour. If we want to give fresh impetus to the francophonie in minority settings, stop the decline in population and slow down assimilation, we need $575 million in additional investments for our communities in the next action plan for official languages...
That's what the FCFA said. Further on, the article states:
Francophone organizations and institutions received only $0.25 from each dollar invested in the Roadmap, and $0.07 from transfer payments...
Earlier, we talked about transfer payments under early childhood agreements, for example. This is an extremely serious situation.
My colleagues mentioned that your agreements do not have percentages, which is concerning to us. They also mentioned the importance of services managed by and for the people involved. In fact, it is important that the money be given to the organizations so that they invest it in the communities, rather than wasting money on administration. The organizations only received $0.25 and $0.07 from each dollar. It makes no sense.
What are you going to do to ensure that the money goes to agencies and institutions that directly provide early childhood services in the official language of the minority?