Perhaps you should explain that to the communities because they do not see themselves as being part of that plan.
My next question is for the representative of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
In the April 7 "My Opinion" column, New Brunswick's Commissioner of Official Languages, Katherine d'Entremont, discussed the poor results of francophone immigration to that province, noting that French was the first official language spoken by only 11.7% of recent immigrants.
As you know, immigration is a very important pillar of the economic development of official language minority communities. In her article, Ms. d'Entremont called for a federal-provincial framework agreement to be established for francophone immigration to promote a long-term joint approach.
Do you agree that such a federal-provincial agreement would be necessary to maintain the demographic weight of official language minority communities?