Thank you for the question.
First, you have to understand that we signed the strategic agreement in order to have a voice in the negotiations concerning education transfers to the provinces and territories, what is commonly called the official languages in education program. That was the aim of the strategic agreement.
However, now that the agreement has been in place for the entire length of an action plan for official languages, we can see that there has not been enough consultation, although we have seen some improvement in that regard. As well, when it comes to accountability, things are still extremely complicated. As other witnesses have explained, there is tremendous disparity between the envelope for French first language education and the envelope for immersion programs.
As well, some provinces go even further and tell the federal government that its money was spent in French language schools, when our school boards, which are on site, say the money was actually used to pay teachers who should have been paid by the province instead. Those funds, which were supposed to be additional funds, are ultimately not additional. That is the problem.