Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses. I am obviously very pleased that the committee is hearing today from people from Manitoba, in this case from representatives of the Société de la francophonie manitobaine.
Welcome, Mr. Boucher and Ms. Cassie. My questions are for you.
As you know, the purpose of the committee is to make recommendations to the federal government so that it can put the necessary measures in place.
Mr. Boucher, in your opening remarks, you talked about all the work done by the Société de la francophonie manitobaine and by communities across the country, through the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada, to improve and strengthen the bill to reform the Official Languages Act. I would also like to thank you for the work you have done. However, you also expressed concern about the delay in implementing the bill, and more specifically about the impact of this delay on core funding for francophone minority organizations.
What does that mean to you? What kind of recommendations do you have for us so that we can shorten that time frame?