Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thanks to our guests for coming to meet with us this morning.
My name is Bernard Trottier, member for the Toronto region, more specifically Etobicoke—Lakeshore. I'm very happy the AFO representatives have come here this morning because Ontario, as you know, is the province with the largest minority francophone community in the country. It's also an enormous province with a great deal of variety.
Mr. Vaillancourt and Mr. LeVasseur, could you describe the specific challenges of the Ontario regions? For example, you're aware that the city of Toronto has no specifically francophone concentration, neighbourhood or suburb. It's not like in Ottawa. The challenges of northern Ontario also aren't the same as those of Ottawa or Toronto. There's southern and northern Ontario. Perhaps you could provide an overview of the various challenges and possibilities for the francophone community in the province.