First, Mr. Fraser, allow me to thank you for returning to see us on what is almost the first anniversary of your appointment.
I am married to an anglophone from Ontario. We live in Quebec, and my children are fluent in both languages, English and French. My eldest daughter has just returned from Mexico where she went to learn a third language, Spanish.
Do you think that they are assimilated?
You seem to be saying that anyone who learns a second language is about to become assimilated. In my opinion, the more bilingual Canada becomes, the more likely everyone will be able to speak two or even three languages, as is the case in many European countries where people speak two languages plus one more. There, people are bilingual and they have a knowledge of a third language. Here, if we learn a second language, we are moving closer to being assimilated, something that must absolutely not happen.
Am I in the process of being assimilated?