Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister, it is good to see you and your officials here today. Thank you for coming.
Over the course of this study, we've heard a fair bit about the provincial nominee program, which is now playing an important and increasing role in selecting immigrants in partnership with the provinces. Could you tell us how you see this program developing over time? How can this program contribute to recruiting and welcoming more francophones outside of Quebec?
We had an interesting witness, Mr. Jacques Dubé, from Moncton, a municipality in New Brunswick where the unemployment rate is below the rate in Ontario. It is an activity of economic growth. They would like to substantially increase their number of francophone immigrants—immigrants in general, but this committee is focused on francophone immigrants, so we will focus on that. How do you think this program could work for them as well?