Madam Chair, I really appreciated Mr. Champoux's comments.
I simply want to point out the following. There is no doubt that a market of 1.2 million English‑speaking people is concentrated on the Island of Montreal and that the size of that market is larger than that of the francophone communities in the various regions of Canada. Because of that, access available to that market is greater.
That doesn't mean I'm insensitive to the needs, which vary by province. I’m very sensitive to that. I want to be very clear. Francophones in British Columbia face very significant challenges that are different from those of francophones in northern New Brunswick, a region where they are in the majority. We have to treat all these communities as unique cases and find ways to support them.
I will stand by my friend, and I'm sure he'll do the same thing when it comes to supporting anglophones in Quebec.