Unfortunately, we sit next to a giant. We're a very small board next to a very large organization that hires francophones. Therefore, it's very hard for us to retain francophones, which means that over the past two years, particularly the last one, we've unfortunately seen an increase in the number of weeks it takes us to render decisions in French.
We're fortunate because, as Mr. McNeil mentioned earlier, the government and the Minister of Veterans Affairs have recognized that we need more people, and we've received a significant increase in funding, $6.2 million, over the next two years. In fact, we've already started hiring francophones or at least bilingual people to be able to render decisions a little faster.
I can provide the committee with some statistics. Currently, in 2022‑23, we're at an average wait time of 57.1 weeks for applications in French, which is actually 400 days, whereas we're at 49.3 weeks for applications in English. In 2021‑22, we were at 44.5 weeks for applications in French and 42.7 weeks for applications in English. I hope that answers your question.