I hope that in preparing for the 2017 celebrations, the government is considering increasing the number of exchanges, grants and learning or travel opportunities, work or study opportunities in communities where the other official language is the majority language. Those who, for one reason or another, cannot take advantage of such opportunities are nevertheless quite fortunate in that they have access to radio and television in both official languages everywhere in Canada.
Last week, I took the opportunity to attend a training session for provincially-appointed judges in New Brunswick. One of the chief justices from an anglophone province told me that she always listens to radio in French in her car so as to maintain the level of French she acquired in her training courses as a judge.