One day, a Franco-Ontarian woman called in to an open-line show to say what had happened to her fellow citizens. Fortunately, Franco-Ontarians and Acadians, among others, don't give up and keep on fighting for the French language.
Getting back to the sub-amendment.
The grants that are given to all kinds of organizations are funded under the official languages support program, the access to justice in both official languages support fund and the health care policy contribution program. These grants are even distributed to the Quebec Community Groups Network, the QCGN, which has testified here and feels no compunction in calling us racist. It has received $3 million and that's in addition to the millions of dollars it receives every year.
The federal government intervenes massively against French and Quebec, and that's what Quebeckers must understand. Furthermore, its language planning model calls for institutional bilingualism where numbers warrant. As we've seen, that model hasn't worked anywhere in the world.
The Quebec government's requests, which I was discussing before I was interrupted, concerned the federal government, and, more specifically, the Official Languages Act. We've received no response to those demands. The Quebec government didn't want to appear before the committee, but it transmitted its proposed amendments and had previously forwarded a document outlining its main policy directions. The ministers must respond and we must have the time to discuss this with them during clause-by-clause consideration, if the debate we're having is worth anything.
I think the truth will overcome. The right to survival of francophones everywhere is a matter of linguistic diversity around the world. I think it's essential, and we've seen that. That's what I wanted to say earlier, before I was cut off. I would like the minister to answer our questions and for us to debate all these examples during clause-by-clause consideration.