Mr. Speaker, as I said many times in this House, I have a great deal of respect for the chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages and for all my Conservative colleagues sitting on this committee.
The committee has done an excellent job, most notably the tour of the country, from coast to coast. Our colleagues were there, including my parliamentary secretary. A phenomenal job has been done. The committee tabled a report about two weeks ago. It contains 39 recommendations that we will examine. Of course, we will respond within the required 120 days.
I also have a lot of respect for my colleague who is here in this House and with whom I had the opportunity of making announcements regarding minority communities, notably for L'écho d'un peuple. For instance, we announced $195,000 in funding for this extraordinary show intended for the Francophonie and all Canadians.
More recently, the Festival franco-ontarien received $130,000 to help the development of francophone communities throughout the country.