In our communities, one of the important observation is that people can live in French in the francophone community, but knowledge of English is absolutely essential for work purposes. People therefore have to become bilingual if they aren't so already. At the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, for example, we offer English second-language courses to immigrants, specifically to enable them to have easier access to the job market.
On May 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.