Communication. There are 15,000 anglophones living in a region with a population of 700,000. We have a weekly anglophone newspaper called The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, which is very helpful to the community. The problem is reaching people. When individuals, particularly anglophones, arrive in the Quebec City region, we need to know that they are there and we need to let them know that we have something to offer them that could be helpful.
We now have our website on the Internet. Knowing that someone is there is a great help to people. We organize special evening activities. We organized one last week at which 12 newcomers came to talk about their experience in Quebec City. The task is difficult because there are not many anglophones and because they are scattered over quite a large region. The anglophone community where I grew up was concentrated downtown, in St. Patrick Parish and on Lockwell Street. Now the anglophones live throughout the region. We know they are there. When we meet them at meetings where there are 10 or 15 people, such as the ones we had in the last few months, they tell us they know that the VEQ exists. They think our efforts to preserve institutions are important. They are not taking advantage of them at the moment, but they know this work is important. It takes an effort, but it also takes money, because we need time and people to get this work done.