Mr. Colin Lemoine (Policy and Program Analyst, Immigration Division, Department of Labour and Immigration, Government of Manitoba) at the Official Languages Committee

The 2006 census showed a decline in the percentage of francophones in Manitoba. There is assimilation in Manitoba. The anglophone population has also increased. So it is a bit of both. There is a decline in the French-speaking population and an increase in the English-speaking population. So the proportion has decreased. That is why we—