Campus Saint-Jean in Alberta is an example of how important institutions are to ensuring the vitality of our official language minority communities.
When it comes to the Official Languages Act, and to the development and vitality of our communities, positive measures are often brought up. Reference is made to part VII of the act, which has no regulations. So it is important to add regulations through the modernization process. Those regulations could contain a preamble on the objective of part VII, and they could better define what positive measures are.
For example, key federal institutions could be identified based on their impact on community development. We could have a government-wide plan. Another thing that must absolutely be implemented is a mechanism for consulting official language minority communities.
As for Campus Saint-Jean specifically, we have recently heard that there was openness on the federal government's side. However, we must ensure to protect our institutions because they are the ones that ensure the sustainability of our communities.