The vitality framework that Canadian Heritage has had for years gives us elements, check marks, where we can look at vitality and institutions can look at vitality. For example, for cultural and economic representation in the province, that vitality framework is the basis for what we are working on in Quebec.
From that vitality framework, measures are already there—the number of this, the number of that, the importance of this, the importance of that, how many schools and how many museums. It's not only numeric indicators. You have to look at the outcomes as well.
It's about teasing out from that framework, both for the francophones outside of Quebec and for the English-speaking community in Quebec. I'm not sure this framework will work in Quebec for the majority of francophones in Quebec. I don't know how that's going to work, but if both minority communities are working from a framework, and institutions are looking at that framework, they will be able to tease out measures to see if it's working. They will consult, and we will base ourselves on that framework.
That's where what we've been doing for years has to change in Quebec, because the landscape has changed. How will the federal government and institutions work that into how they treat the English-speaking community in Quebec?
