I think we can always do more, but I see that Canada is flourishing in both official languages. When I became the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, I wanted to know the situation of the official languages in the provinces and territories.
So I had a map drawn up, which I will share with you. I actually wanted to have a comparison. We know that the Commissioner of Official Languages, Mr. Fraser, said that 250,000 more people are bilingual than there were 10 years ago. However, we should check the statistics.
I personally come from Manitoba. The people in my province are proud of the francophonie. I am the result of French immersion. I wanted to see how the situation compared to other places. I was astonished to see how many people were bilingual in Manitoba. Compared to other provinces and territories, we rank fifth. Yukon is third in terms of the percentage of bilingual people.
Who would have thought that we are affecting all the provinces and territories in such a significant way? Once again, I wanted to share these very interesting facts with you.