It's a complex issue. On the one hand, in an egalitarian society such as ours, I think public school programs should be available to everyone. At present, schools with immersion programs struggle to work with students who have learning challenges, who as a result are often excluded—as I say, usually unofficially.
One of the needs is for resources for school districts, school boards, and teachers to work with students with learning challenges. In some respects, we need more research in that domain. But we also need leadership in getting the word out to parents and educators that students with learning challenges can succeed in immersion programs. They're not at greater risk in an immersion program than in a monolingual program. The research on that is very clear.
I think this message is really going to get out to the community at large if it's a message that comes out at the national level. I simply don't see it happening at a provincial level or at a community level.
My own personal opinion is that because we're an official bilingual country at the national level, it takes some national leadership to actually get that message out in order to meet that mandate.