Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here.
A long time ago, the Commission nationale des parents francophones commissioned a study entitled “Where did the billions go?” It described the moment when French-language education was banned in every province as crucial. This went on for generations. The bulk of the funding from the Official Languages in Education Program, or OLEP, was given to anglophones in Quebec. I believe they received 47.7% of the funding.
What were the repercussions of that decision? Assimilation was reportedly occurring at a very high rate at the time. Is it still going on, or has there really been a major shift?