I have confidence in the future because, if you look at what's happening in all the communities outside Quebec, you'll see that Manitoba is well positioned.
In the document that you have, we talk about openness and expanding the space. That doesn't simply mean bringing in immigrants; it's also other things, but the immigration component is part of that. We have to go after people in the immersion schools. At the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, 30 percent of students come from the immersion schools and want to continue working in French.
There are francophiles, and we also have to recruit them. There are Anglophone francophiles who like speaking French: that's an asset. There are unilingual Anglophones who are sympathetic to Francophones: that's another asset. I'm saying we have to work all the angles. That's the spirit behind this idea of expanding the Francophone space. It's an asset for Canada.
We're talking about a bilingual country. I come from a country where they speak five, six, seven or 10 languages. I speak five. We're talking about bilingualism and the fact that we're unable to live in one language and understand the other. I think we also have a lot to contribute in this regard.
Incidentally, I would point out that French isn't my mother tongue; I learned it at school along with many others. However, we understand this duality, this dimension that enables us to live in this atmosphere in which we can understand each other. It's an asset that we're providing. In the corridors of the college, I hear Bambara being spoken, but I figure the common denominator in all that is La Francophonie. Everyone has that in common.