We believe that language clauses are essential. It's often hard to see where the money is going. Language clauses are needed if we want details about the outcomes. I mentioned two important areas earlier.
Having a central agency do the administration strikes us as essential. For example, there is a health program administered by a department other than Canadian Heritage, but most of the action plan and measures taken in the field are administered by Canadian Heritage. That leads to a misalignment in terms of indicators and outcomes. A central agency would be able to keep track of everything.
As I mentioned earlier, the act should speak out clearly on public health. That would give us the means to do something. The federal government finances an official languages program in the field of public health, but not for early childhood. There are no official languages programs for mental health care or care for seniors. Public health is a direct responsibility of the federal government.