Yes, absolutely.
Now that the action plan for official languages has been announced with its education component, the official languages in education program, we have a one-year transition period so that the provinces and territories can reach bilateral agreements with the federal government. We were assured that there would be no service interruptions, that is to say French-language school boards would continue to receive funding, but they did not.
We're working very closely with Canadian Heritage to see how to remedy this situation, because the school boards, which are employers, were forced to lay off staff a month before the beginning of the school year. That's not what we'd prefer, given the shortage of teachers and staff. As a result, the boards have committed to running a budget deficit for the current year to retain staff, but that isn't an ideal situation.