The study your committee is undertaking will certainly shed even more light on the situation.
As the Government of Canada, one of the best tools we have at our disposal to strengthen minority institutions is the action plan for official languages.
This new plan sets a record for investment in official languages. Totalling $4.1 billion, it enables us to support communities through more than 30 initiatives.
This plan provides up to $128 million over four years, starting this year, to support post-secondary education in the minority language.
This is in addition to $121 million announced in budget 2021, specifically designed for post-secondary institutions.
To address a predominantly English-speaking academic environment, we have committed $8.5 million over five years in budget 2024 to support the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in French across the country.
We continue to roll out the action plan measures, and implementation is progressing as planned.
Financial investments are powerful levers to support establishments in this commitment. However, it takes more than that. All partners must be mobilized. Provincial and territorial governments are major players in education, and that's why federal funding is provided in collaboration with the provinces and territories.
We continue to strengthen our relationships with the provinces and territories, notably through bilateral agreements in minority-language education and second-language instruction. Negotiations for the current year's agreements continue, and there is talk of funding for post-secondary institutions. I look forward to announcing these new agreements in the coming months.
Partnerships in employment, education and all other areas are needed to benefit linguistic minority Canadians from coast to coast.
Strengthening minority-language institutions is at the heart of the action plan and my mandate. I'm here to deliver results.
Thank you for conducting this study. I look forward to seeing your recommendations.
Thank you very much for your time this morning. I look forward to answering your questions.
Thank you.