Official Languages committee  The situation right now, as the government has said, is that they've paused it. There's no discussion under way until they have a solution to their economic situation. Having conversations, without having a solution and understanding the final decisions the government is making o

Official Languages committee  I would just add that this decision was communicated through the fall economic statement. Like the budgetary decisions, those decisions are not shared in advance. As soon as we became aware, through the fall economic statement, of the communication on the decision, we immediately

Official Languages committee  Can I comment on that?

Official Languages committee  I would comment that the government has stated its commitment to enhancing and working with French communities to address post-secondary demands in terms of services, but it has to have a sustainable fiscal solution. You can't spend money that you don't have. Our minister has spo

Official Languages committee  It was a commitment under the previous government, but it didn't have sustainable funding because of our fiscal situation.

Official Languages committee  That's 110,000.

Official Languages committee  I'd have to go back to look at the trend, but during my period there, it continued to grow. There was a huge demand for, in particular, French immersion. We continued to have demand on the French side of the school boards. Those were the investments we were making for new schools

Official Languages committee  It has grown, and in the statistics that I have, on the francophone side, yes, I believe the numbers have continued to grow.

Official Languages committee  I would say that the government has continued to invest. The government provided $31 million back in 2013-14 and put money in particular around expanded programming in the central-southwest area. That included Glendon College, to introduce new programming, and Collège Boréal. The

Official Languages committee  I will assume that the question is that—

Official Languages committee  That was not a yes or no. There's an impact, obviously, that the government considers, and these are tough decisions. They are not made lightly. They consider the impacts going forward.

Official Languages committee  Part of the decision is to look at what the impacts are across the board. These are projects that have not progressed. Therefore, the decision was not to proceed with the projects you didn't have funding for.

Official Languages committee  The only thing I would say is that if there are proposals that they would like us to consider, they should submit them. We'd be happy to look at any proposals, not only from her but from the communities. We'll take a look at them.

Official Languages committee  We're happy to take any direction. That's a political discussion that occurs between two ministers. I can't speak for either minister.

Official Languages committee  If we're directed and there's something to speak to, we'd be happy to address that issue when it arises.