Official Languages committee  Part of our recommendation was to have a tableau de bord. I'm sorry, I am a translator, and believe it or not, I can't think of the—

Official Languages committee  Thank you—a dashboard. We know where the investments are coming from. Right now in the road map there are investments that are recurring. For example, the centre for leadership excellence, or something like it, involves Treasury Board salaries, which will be paid whether we have a road map or not.

Official Languages committee  To say that the government will no longer have to be accountable one day is not the issue.

Official Languages committee  We are already working on diversifying our funds. Obviously, federal funds constitute, for us, leverage at the provincial and local levels, and even with the private sector. The difficulty stems from the fact that we are far from achieving any real equality. The day that we do, we will be able to tell everyone that we are closing shop and going home.

Official Languages committee  I will let my colleague respond.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Bélanger.

Official Languages committee  No I do not believe so. I would like to comment on that issue. I believe you obtained your numbers from the mid-term status report on the Roadmap. We have analyzed these numbers and we certainly challenge them. First of all, let me state that these numbers are based on the mother tongue.

Official Languages committee  There is no national target. When the committee did its study, we actually recommended there be a national target, that is to say a national strategy. The other thing I must tell you is that we learned that the Destination Canada initiative that allowed us to recruit and promote francophone communities has been abolished.

Official Languages committee  At Destination Canada, funding for people travelling from communities and provinces has been cut. You understand that provinces received money to fund travel for people from communities.

Official Languages committee  And—

Official Languages committee  That is what we learned. We are trying to meet with Minister Kenney to clarify the situation. We have a meeting set up with Minister Moore this week. So, we are certainly trying to clear this up. However, I can tell you that we are very concerned. On the one hand, we were told that investments in the Roadmap would not be reduced, but on the other hand, we have now learned that investments in the Roadmap are effectively being cut.

Official Languages committee  If I may say so, Mr. Bélanger, we have set the target at 4.4%. That involves not only communities, but also Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Through these cutbacks in Destination Canada's expenses, we have just lost—

Official Languages committee  —the only funding that allowed us to do recruiting and promotion.

Official Languages committee  For us what counts the most is that there is a consultation. Whether it take place on Skype, through videoconferencing, in person in Ottawa, or through a tour of communities, does not matter to us. We are prepared to sit down with Heritage Canada and request that the consultation be done in an effective and efficient manner.

Official Languages committee  Actually, I said so in my presentation. We would not like to see current initiatives suddenly stop on March 31, 2013. There are certain initiatives, and consultation is important for them, which have a certain momentum and that we must pursue. However, there are other priorities too.