Thank you for being here, Ms. Bossé. I congratulate you on your appointment.
I would like to point out that I will be splitting my time with Mr. Petit.
My colleague Mr. D'Amours brought up the question of volunteers and I would like to get back to that. I fully agree that the volunteers are responsible for offering services in French and in English. However, I do not agree with Mr. D'Amours when he says that francophones born in Canada all have the same ability to speak French and to understand it. Some of them do not have as good an understanding of French if they did not continue their studies in French or for other reasons. I know a number of them who have a difficult time understanding other francophones in Canada.
I would like to know whether you agree with me when I say that it really is an advantage to have volunteers from various parts of the country who can speak French to varying degrees. French spoken in Manitoba is not necessarily the same as that spoken in Quebec or New Brunswick. Do you not think that would be an advantage to have volunteers with varying linguistic abilities given the different degrees to which people learn and understand French?