Good morning, and welcome to the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today is our second meeting dealing with statistics and the evolution as well as the state of bilingualism in the country; we will be hearing three witnesses who are experts in this field.
We will begin with the witnesses, and I would like to welcome them to our meeting this morning. I would ask each witness to introduce him or herself. As is our usual custom, each witness will have between seven to ten minutes to make a presentation, followed by a first round during which each member will have seven minutes to ask questions. During each subsequent round, members will have five minutes each. And we will make adjustment as we go along.
We will start with Mr. Wilfrid Denis, from St. Thomas College. He will be followed by Mr. Thériault, then Mr. Jedwab, if everyone is in agreement. Gentlemen, you have the floor.