Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
In a press conference this morning, the president of the Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick revealed that Heritage Canada has cut his organization's budget by 41% since 1990. That is why he is forced to shut the operation down for the summer.
What does the Minister of Canadian Heritage have to say this afternoon to the president of the Société des Acadiennes et Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick, who is asking that the federal government stop withdrawing from the area of official languages?