We mainly came to Canada for my wife. Canada is an ideal country. It's a country of peace, of course, where children are properly educated. So we essentially came for the children's education. I didn't know Canada. I knew Europe, but I had no illusions: France is definitely more closed to foreigners than Canada when it comes to the workforce. I know today that Canada is a country that respects qualifications. No one cares where you come from or who you are. They respect competence, and that's very important for me.
It's true that Canada was sold to me as an ideal country. Of course, we didn't know what we were going to discover. So I discovered, gradually, through integration, that there was no difference between an immigrant and a Canadian. Here in Ottawa, if you come from any other province, you have the same chance of getting a job as an immigrant from a country in Africa or Europe, in particular. Other factors being equal, you have the same chances, and that's very important.