Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, Ms. Poirier, Ms. Dalton, Mr. Watt and Ms. Thibodeau.
I read a document given to us by our research staff and entitled “Francophone community profile of Newfoundland and Labrador”. My first question is: how does the francophone population compare to the anglophone population, or vice-versa, in my province?
This document states that many French-speaking people work in the service industry. Almost 45% of the population works in the service industry. According to the same document, your average salary is 50% higher than the province's average salary. Therefore, according to this document, you represent a francophone community that is rather successful in terms of employment, income, etc.
I believe Ms. Poirier referred to the question that I would like to ask you. Perhaps you have also referred to this. I am interested in immigration in minority situations. I am aware that there have been agreements.
Could someone tell us which agreements currently exist and what kind of immigrants you are recruiting? Are they coming from the province of Quebec, or from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon? I am not sure whether it is Ms. Poirier or Ms. Dalton who referred to this earlier.