Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I too would like to raise the minority language education and secondary language instruction, in particular -- or the French -- sorry, the French funding, which is decreasing by -- I believe my calculations around one point -- just shy of $1.5 million. And I understand that's a sunsetting from the French language cooperative agreement. The Northwest Territories is -- has a great reputation and success rate for producing bilingual students through its JK to 12 system. Sorry, I'm getting all my numbers lined -- or my letters and numbers lined up. So -- and this is great. I worked with Canadian Parents for French. I still do. Minority language education, in particular French language education, is an important part of the Canadian identity, and it's great to see our government supporting this. But there's a huge need for bilingual teachers in Canada, and if we're going to be successful in attracting and retaining them, we need to ensure that we have robust financial resources supporting our school divisions to ensure they can attract and retain the talent we need to continue these very successful rates of graduation of bilingual diplomas. So what are we doing to offset the loss in funding from the sunsetting agreement? Thank you.
Kieron Testart on Committee Motion 11-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Early Learning - Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
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Committee Motion 11-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Early Learning - Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
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