If they don't learn it between 0 and 5, they will… You are married to an Anglophone, and you are doing your best to ensure that your child learns French. But two Francophones settling here would have the same problem and would have to place their child in someone's home where they speak English. There would be a risk of assimilation. That child would not speak French.
On February 9th, 2011. See this statement in context.