Clearly in light of this extraordinary challenge of being a receiving country, we need to accelerate the process and invest more. But it is important to acknowledge at the same time that, based on the census data, more people speak French in Quebec and outside Quebec, and more people are bilingual. However, the arrival of 1,250,000 people since the last census has clearly had an impact on the percentages.
On October 25th, 2012. See this statement in context.