I would like to clarify something. According to the order, the language question asks the respondent which language the person first learned and still speaks. Official languages are not mentioned at all. If the person first learned Chinese, you will not know from his reply whether his preferred official language is English or French, or whether his first official language is English or French. And so it will be difficult for the government to determine how many francophones or French-speaking persons there are in each of the provinces, in order to offer services.
The short-form questionnaire in its current form will not allow the government to carry out the exercise as described in part IV of the act.