There's clearly still work to be done, but it's much easier than three years ago. Our first studies showed that people wanted French-language services. We surveyed the population of 70,000 Francophones, of 250,000 persons who can speak French. We asked them, if they had the choice, whether they'd like to receive services in French and whether they would use those services if they were available. The answer was a clear yes. We surveyed health professionals to determine whether they spoke French, whether they could provide services in French, and a very large number of them said they could.
So the job was to link supply and demand. Health authorities supported us at the outset in developing projects for this purpose, and a clinic will be opening shortly where French-language services will be provided.
So progress has been made, but a great deal remains to be done. I'm thinking, for example, of orthophonic services, which are still provided through an interpreter. When we tr toy correct language problems by translation, it's neither easy nor useful. So, apart from primary services that have to be extended outside the areas where they're currently available, the idea is to try to make all other health services more accessible.