Thank you for the question.
Bilingual students or those who have received training in French at one of the institutions in our network will indeed be able to offer services in French and help alleviate labour shortages in francophone communities, but it goes far beyond that.
In her testimony, Ms. Anderson alluded to the need for talent recruitment, research, innovation and requalification. This is work that our establishments do in collaboration with English-speaking establishments. Of course, there are also collaborations with large majority-language institutions.
At the end of the day, if we're able to increase the proportion of students who have access to post-secondary education, we're acting directly on the challenges associated with the research needs to support cutting-edge sectors of industry, regardless of the language spoken.
We need a post-secondary education system that allows all students, whether French or English-speaking, the chance to access this level of training. This will enable them to be active citizens in all sectors of industry, whether in French-speaking or English-speaking communities.