This is a key priority for our government. We want to make sure that we contribute to the vitality of francophone communities outside Quebec. One way to do that is through immigration. We have a target that 4.4% of all immigration to Canada should be francophone. We've made a number of changes to facilitate that. One of them is through the express entry system. We now provide more points to applicants who demonstrate strong French language skills, and it's already having an impact. The percentage of successful applicants under the express entry program who are francophone has doubled from 1% to 2%, and we hope it will continue in that direction. Our government also introduced Mobilité francophone, which allows any employer in Canada who hires a francophone skilled immigrant to be exempt from the labour market impact assessment. We want to make sure that services for francophone newcomers are provided by francophone organizations and that they're referred to francophone services, and so some of that money will go to that. Also, there will be more outreach and more targeted promotion to seek out francophone skilled workers abroad and to create more pathways for francophone international students who are already in Canada to stay in Canada.
On March 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.