Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Fabiano and Ms. Cousineau, thank you for the work you're doing on economic development in Ontario.
For your information, I believe that FedNor is the economic development agency with the most francophone and bilingual employees providing services. I think it's a model that other economic development agencies should follow. We'll be looking at the figures a little later.
I'd also like us to discuss the Centre pour l'entreprise des femmes PARO, money, immigration centres and immigration. Lastly, I would like to add that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, FedNor, has been around for 36 years and became an independent agency under the Liberal government in 2021.
Our government has increased funding for economic development agencies since 2015. Their funding had undergone major cuts for 10 years under the former Harper government, but our government has been investing in them since 2015.
Mr. Fabiano, my first question concerns the Centre pour l'entreprise des femmes PARO. What has FedNor done to support that entrepreneurship development organization for francophone women in northern Ontario?