Absolutely not. It's a terrible situation.
As I said in my presentation, the central and southwest regions of Ontario represent 36% of all francophones in Ontario. Nearly 4 out of 10 francophones are from our region, and the movement that led to the founding of the Université de l'Ontario français resulted from that fact.
Toward the end of the 2010s, we conducted what we called a gap study to determine the percentage of French-language programs that francophones could access as compared to anglophones. The gap between the two ranged from 0% to 3% in central and southwestern Ontario.
It's critically important that we quickly add more significant programming. The purpose of the financial support we're requesting is to expand the range of programs offered in order to make us an attractive option for francophones and newcomers. As I said in my presentation, it's also extremely important because the City of Toronto attracts a lot of francophone immigrants. If they can't study in French upon arrival in Toronto, in central and southwest Ontario, they'll very quickly be anglicized.
Francophone newcomers don't come here to speak French; they come to improve their quality of life, and they can easily choose to study in English.