The statistics on the mobility of population are correct. I will have more data on that because we are currently doing community profiles for each of our francophone regions. Earlier you mentioned 50%. I have heard that it is higher in some regions but I believe the whole population was included.
You are aware that Ontario or Fort McMurray are very attractive to Newfoundlanders — anglophones especially — and that Fort McMurray has almost become a second Newfoundland. There is certainly some staff turnover in our organizations, depending on the region. In some regions this is more stable. It always depends on the local industry. For example, in Labrador, the population appears to be more stable, more homogenous. The main attraction is the mining industry in the IOC mines. When that industry is operating, staff turnover is more or less stable. Whenever there is a downturn or a slight recession, as there was a few years ago, then people tend to move. We have tried, along with the RDÉE, to find other ways of diversifying that economy and creating other measures of employability.
There are other areas, such as this one in St. John's, where we are discovering — and people may not realize this — a second, and even a third generation of francophones. There are hundreds of them like there are elsewhere, whoever this generation is made up mostly of professionals. These are more mobile individuals, who come for a year or two and who are attracted to St. John's because of the island. They come for the maritime experience. We are trying to find ways of keeping our people in these communities.
The director referred earlier to retention problems. There are recruitment problems. Qualified people have to be found to work in our communities. The ball is in our court; we need to do whatever is necessary to increase retention within our francophone communities.