However, we are talking about provincial government services here. Strictly speaking, the Official Languages Act does not compel the provinces to provide these services in French. The approach is one of encouragement. A provision in the Official Languages Act calls for Canadian Heritage to encourage the provinces to do so. That is where our agreements come in.
Furthermore, Health Canada has established programs under which the government is trying to train more French-language health professionals in the minority communities. It is trying to involve the members of those communities, the francophone minority communities, whose professional health qualifications are in French.
We hope to see the offer of service improve, but that will depend first on the province.