What happens is that the money goes to the provinces, and the provinces allocate a certain amount, depending on the number of students enrolled. There's no accountability, so we don't know exactly where the money is going. A portion of that amount that should be allocated to the French-language school board could be paid at some point to the core French program. I'm not saying that core French is not important. On the contrary, it's essential. However, the money should go to the right place. Since there's no accountability, once the federal government has paid out the money, it thinks that the money is being used for French courses. That's the problem. If the money went directly to the school board, there would then be accountability, and we'd know exactly where the money is going. All the funding would go to the school board, not who knows where.
