Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I would like to thank all the guests.
I think that the committee needs to be careful and avoid falling into the trap of becoming too political. On the other hand, I see that every time we have been invited, people talk about the cuts and tell us how devastating they have been for them. I believe that people are feeling them strongly right now because these cuts are very recent: they are only a month old. I can tell you that they have also been devastating for us. They target francophone organizations. I understand exactly what you are saying.
Yesterday, we were in Newfoundland, where only 0.4% of the population is francophone. This morning, we heard talk about Prince Edward Island, where the percentage is perhaps 2%. At home, it is 4%. Here, you represent 33% of the population, you have physical infrastructures and your province is officially bilingual. I tell myself that this is paradise and wonder how these people can have problems. If you come to our corner of the country, you will see what I mean.
Could you enlighten me a bit? Does the problem stem from the fact that francophones are in one corner of the country and anglophones in another? Are services for francophones deficient there or is there an anglophone majority?
There was discussion of moving. Earlier, Mr. Maillet spoke, I believe, about workplaces and other things. What is the big problem here? It seems to me that you have done everything that needed to be done.