I think it's extremely difficult to give an overall picture, sir. For one thing, we talk about the anglophone community, but sometimes it's better to talk in the plural about the anglophone communities. As I think you know very well, there is a world of difference between, shall we say, the Pontiac and the Gatineau Valley and between those people who live out in the country and us urbanites who live in the city of Gatineau.
I would say we're probably dealing with an extremely mixed picture, which is made more mixed by the economic ups and downs of the region. Gatineau, I think you can regard as being relatively prosperous because it has, at least until now, enjoyed a stable source of employment, which is the government. In the Pontiac and on the other side of Gatineau, in the direction of Papineau County, you have industries based on forestry, which have been in decline. You have mills that have closed down and you have people looking desperately for other sources of employment. We've had some reference to the beneficial effect that has been achieved by the work of CEDEC, for example, this morning in Campbell's Bay, which of course is in the Pontiac.
Overall, I think there is some recognition within the city of Gatineau itself of the fact that there is an English language community. In some respects, it is very good. In some respects, it is less than adequate.
I would just mention, in conclusion, Mr. Chairman—excuse my verbosity—that this very week we are running a survey through the local papers and through our website about access to services in English in the city of Gatineau. I'm hoping we get a good response to that because it will be very interesting to see what the findings are.