Official Languages committee  The province has continued to fund these services. So there is not only the issue of federal funding, we also need access points. These measures are essential. In closing, I have four suggestions to make to improve the current system. First, more money is needed in the current envelope, and, as was mentioned earlier, we need gradual, incremental funding, not only a lump sum over five years, because there are emerging needs and growth is very difficult to manage.

Official Languages committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for giving me the opportunity to speak today. I have been director general for a couple of weeks, but I have been a manager of the Canada-community agreements in Alberta for four years. Before that, I was a public servant for four years at the Department of Canadian Heritage.