Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question and I commend him on his determination in encouraging and defending minority communities.
We have allocated $1.2 billion for minority language teaching or learning a second language. We are currently in negotiations with the provinces. They will wrap up on March 31, 2005. I must say that these negotiations with the provinces have been very productive and we have had excellent cooperation, as we have had for the past 30 years.