(Ottawa) The new Action Plan for Official Languages unveiled Wednesday provides $1.4 billion in additional funding over five years, for a total of $4.1 billion. It aims, among other things, to stimulate immigration to restore the demographic weight of Francophones.
The Trudeau government is therefore allocating a sum slightly higher than what was announced in the last federal budget, which provided for a total of $3.8 billion over five years.
The federal government’s annual target for Francophone immigration outside Quebec is 4.4%. It was first reached in 2022.
The Action Plan provides money for the Anglophone community in Quebec, which will receive an additional $137.5 million for education and culture.
More details to come.