Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd also like to thank the two witnesses who are here today.
Mr. Good, you presented students from a perspective that is very helpful to us today.
Thank you, Mr. LeBlanc, for the important work you're doing at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, work that is extremely important for the francophone community across the country.
As you mentioned, $128 million was announced over four years, $32 million of which is for post‑secondary education. We know that's not enough. We also know that, in 2024-25, the first recommendation of all committee members will probably be to increase that amount to $80 million, which probably won't be enough either, but at least it will be a start.
Mr. LeBlanc, thank you for mentioning recruitment in the action plans totalling $4.1 billion over five years, which doubles the amount granted since 2015. I recently announced 40 student scholarships worth up to $30,000 each for public and Catholic school boards across Canada to encourage students to study in French.
Mr. LeBlanc, my first question is for you. You mentioned the $80 million, and on the second recommendation you suggested that you weren't at the table with the province and the federal government. You know that the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne, or ACUFC, has indicated that it would set up a round table.
Can you contribute to the committee's thinking on the recommendations it should make to ensure that there is a good table focusing on post‑secondary education? It's really not simple. Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms deals with elementary and secondary education, not post‑secondary education. At the federal level, we included post‑secondary education in the act for the first time.
I'd like to hear what you have to say about the role that the provinces and educational institutions should play at the round table.