I can't understand the challenge on the question of bilingualism. In my part of the country we take it for granted that we will speak a little bit of English. So if an employer needs some employees, he already knows that the employees will be able to speak with anglophones in the area. But here, you are a little more concentrated, and the employers will also need bilingual employees to be able to give services to the anglophone population. At the same time, they don't have a choice. They also need somebody who is able to work with the francophone population. So probably it is a double challenge.
Is there any possibility in the area to offer a different course to the francophones to speak English and to the anglophones to speak French? I won't have a chance...but maybe in the second round.