Mr. Speaker, I just want to correct a suggestion that there was funding available and we did not apply for funding. The fact was that when the announcement was made, I believe that it was $112 million by the Secretary of State, those resources were for the governance of schools. In other words, it was for the setting up of boards or management structures in order for those agencies to have responsibility over school programming. That was the case.
In fact, in that situation, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon were not part of that particular announcement and were excluded by the Government of Canada from that funding. We have since indicated to the government Secretary of State and the Government of Canada and through working with the Yellowknife French Parents Association and Federation Franco-Tenoise, that there is a need for the Government of Canada to respond to requests for governance and for the Government of Canada to pay all costs for governance of French first-language schools. We are, in fact, submitting a proposal and request to the Secretary of State for that funding.