Also, one of the major problems we have to face is that students who drop out of French, or students who don't become bilingual by grade 12, don't think that they will ever again have the chance to become bilingual. For most 19- and 20-year-olds, a lot of them that I talk to say, “I wish I would have learned French. I wish I would have...”. Post-secondary, they're all looking back and saying that they wish they would have done it. They all think it's too late, but it's never too late to learn a second language. You can always do it. They just have to know that the possibility is there, that it exists, and that there are opportunities to do it.
On April 23rd, 2013. See this statement in context.