I would say that in my opinion, we cannot reduce this to a question of confidence. There will always be students who are short on confidence until they have to speak French, when they are in a francophone environment and have to buy something in the grocery store, for example. Generally speaking, our young people are not more or less confident than they were in the past. It is a question of motivation. I was talking about scholarships. This is an incentive that could compensate for the importance of other languages.
On April 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.