Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning. Firstly, for students to speak both languages well, we must have competent teachers. Laval University, among other universities, offers several language training programs. Mr. Brennick and Ms. Faitelson-Weiser said that these programs are not pan-American, and are therefore not accepted.
Allow me to speak of a personal example. My daughter holds a degree in teaching French as a second language from the Université du Québec in Montreal. When she moved to Ontario to teach, she was told that she did not have the required credentials to teach French, and instead, an English-speaking teacher who was not very fluent in French was given the opportunity to teach that year.
Mr. Brennick, you sit on a committee alongside the Official Languages Commissioner and members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. I assume that you have raised this issue during committee meetings. What must we do to make sure that competent professors are able to teach?