I would say that there are no negotiations. I'll give you an example. It's not about education, but it will give you a glimpse of how things work in British Columbia.
We had a meeting with representatives of a federal department, who were very proud to announce that the federal government had completed negotiations with the province on funding for employment assistance services. However, they hadn't consulted us, even though the modernized Official Languages Act had just been passed. As you can see, even federal departments don't know how to apply the policies. If the federal government doesn't consult us before signing agreements with the provinces, how do you expect the provinces to feel obligated to do so with us? It's a huge struggle.
However, we have some good-faith connections with the minister responsible for francophone affairs, who is pro-francophone and has worked very hard to get a policy on French-language services adopted. We have a good relationship and are working together to make progress for our francophone community.
The problem is that there's too much bureaucracy. It comes back to what I was saying earlier: Why add a player to the equation? Why not put the money directly where it should go? As Mr. Potié mentioned, when you give money to the provinces and then they hand it out wherever they want, it reduces effectiveness.