Think of the parents who've invested a lot of energy in choosing to put their children in a French immersion program.
At Simon Fraser University, the parents' mother tongue is not English. There we talk about multilingualism with two official languages. Think of those parents who don't speak a lot of English, who don't speak French at all, who speak an Asian language and so on. That's the case of the parents of students at our university. It requires a lot of energy on the part of the parents and children, who do their homework alone in the evenings. All those people are already spending a lot of energy.
You talk about investing, regardless of socio-economic levels. I think that's important to the extent that these people have already invested a great deal. Once they get to university, they've already shown that they want to pursue their studies. For example, students have to leave in third year—that's required of them. That demands extraordinary investment and commitment.
Regardless of socio-economic levels, we should invest. I agree with you: that money comes from the federal government. You want that money to stay in Canada. However, once they return to Canada, students who go and experience life in a francophone environment in another country will enrich Canada and the Canadian francophone community. I understand your hesitation, but I would like to encourage you to have that openness on the world, which would give us a return on our investment.