Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is for Robert Donnely.
First of all, I am originally from the Quebec City region, as you are. As a child of a linguistic intermarriage, I saw the establishment of the Jeffery Hale Hospital for anglophones in the region. My wife gave birth to our children there. As you see, I know how it works.
However, one thing struck me a few moments ago in your answer to Mr. D'Amours' and Mr. André's questions about the exodus. As you know, in the Quebec City region, we have very small and well-structured English-speaking communities, like Shannon, which is close to my riding and CFB Valcartier.
You talked about a number of ways, including jobs, that would help keep our young people here. You listed a number of reasons and criteria.
But let's not forget that older people left Quebec as well. That has intrigued me. In my riding, there were older people, not young people, with names like Cooper and Grantham who left the Quebec City region. They were educated people, and well off. Some were even teachers like you.
In your view, why are those older people leaving my region, even though we have good services? I'm not criticizing the services. Is it because the action plan put in place several years ago—I am a new member of Parliament—is deficient in some ways? Does it have gaps? Do you see a gap that you could point out to us? As the parliamentary secretary was saying earlier, we might have forgotten something.