Let's go back to education. I'm the product of the French-language school system in Toronto. Even in that city, people are surprised to see that there are francophones. When I was young, our schools were part of English-language school boards. The money set aside for the francophone community went into general revenue, and we didn't receive all the money owed us. That changed in the 1990s, and I believe we're starting to see the results now because those changes take years to become apparent.
Mr. Galipeau talked about the school yard. That's completely true. We spoke English in the school yard, but French in the classroom and in the school. That didn't really undermine our education, but instead gave us a chance to speak both languages and become bilingual.
However, the real challenge came when we left school. There are a lot of francophones in Toronto, but there isn't a major central community. So it was really difficult to speak French after I left school. Honestly, I spoke a lot more French in northern Alberta last year than in Toronto in five years as a result of all those people who go there to work.
Last week, representatives of the Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario talked about immersion because it's very important to teach anglophones to speak French in order to improve the environment in which francophones will have to live as a minority.
Do you have any comments to make on immersion courses for anglophones, in order to improve their situation?