First of all, Ms. Michaud, it is up to the provinces to define immersion programs. At the national level, we can definitely propose best practices for immersion programs from kindergarten to grade 12. It would be up to the provinces to implement them and to show leadership in that area rather than show tolerance toward school boards that want to create French immersion programs.
Remember that French immersion was created because parents demanded it. Parents associated with Canadian Parents for French asked the school boards to create French immersion. It was not the school boards that decided, out of any great generosity, to create French immersion. It was the parents who demanded it.
Perhaps it is time for the provinces to provide a framework for what already exists and to clarify how things should be in each of them, with the idea of supporting—