I want to ask you a few questions. I wrote them down because I only have five minutes. So allow me to put them to you.
On page 10, you conclude that it's simply the political and administrative will that is lacking. And yet, since I've been sitting on this committee, we've had hundreds of witnesses tell us as well that there is a real shortage of bilingual people qualified to enter the labour force. We've conducted a study on postsecondary education, on universities, schools, etc. We're also told it's really important to start at the primary and secondary levels. We have a real shortage for training bilingual people to help us achieve our 100% objective, if that's possible.
Why did you choose to disregard all that testimony when you concluded that it was only political and administrative will affecting this situation?
I can tell you that I am really confident that all the politicians here in the House and on our committee have the will in this area. I'm convinced that our minister has the will and that we are doing our best to promote this act. Ms. Boucher talked about 32.4%. That's even higher than the 24% that the number of francophones represent across Canada. I'm proud of that, but the reality is that you don't have enough people to occupy those positions. You disregarded that testimony, and I'd like to know why.