I would say that the shortage of qualified teaching staff is a very serious problem. Often in the schools, no teachers have done any studies in French, but the principal, who needs to find someone to give the courses in that subject, looks among his staff for someone who has taken French courses at university. Here we're talking about the person who will be asked to give French courses and who has taken, let's say, a total of four French courses in his or her entire education. That person is not really qualified to teach French, but since there's no one else, that person will be asked to give the French courses.
I believe that this situation is not rare, at least in Nova Scotia. At many schools, teachers do not have the necessary qualifications, whereas there is a lot of pressure from parents who want French courses to be given at school. You see this kind of case in the program we've established for teachers. Many haven't done a specialization in French, but wind up teaching French.