I think so, and I will let my colleagues in attendance today express their point of view on the issue.
To come back to what Mr. Arseneault and Mr. Généreux raised earlier, I would say that direct funding for communities would ensure a more efficient use of funds. Right now, the funds ultimately intended for official language minority communities go through several layers of red tape. For example, the funding intended for post-secondary institutions goes from the Department of Canadian Heritage to Alberta's Department of Education, then to Alberta's Department of Higher Education, then to the University of Alberta and, finally, to Campus Saint-Jean. That's several layers of red tape.
That is just one example of many. This phenomenon has been heavily criticized. I think funding should be provided more directly to the communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. When it comes to education from kindergarten to grade 12, for example, francophone school boards from across the country, which were created through provincial legislation, could conclude agreements directly with Canadian Heritage. That way, the funding provided by that department will not have to go through provincial departments, and then through school boards, before finally getting to the students. School boards are well managed. I am sure that Ms. Lachance could talk to us about the possibility of concluding those types of agreements.
In short, I feel that direct funding would be a way to ensure accountability and to avoid the money getting lost in layers of bureaucracy.