I couldn't tell you if a shift has occurred. To tell you the truth, it's very difficult to know how provinces spend money on education programs. So it's very difficult to track the funding.
A few years ago, we signed an agreement with Canadian Heritage about strategic funds. The idea was to increase transparency within each province's department of education so we'd know exactly how the money was being spent. To this day, it remains very difficult to find out.
Various studies, including some undertaken by this committee, revealed that funds were diverted in some cases, but I would hope that if such situations are reported, they will occur less often.
The Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones would be in a better position to give you the facts. That said, there's still much work to be done to learn exactly how the funds are being spent.