Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank our two witnesses for being here today.
My first question has to do with francophone immigration.
The last witnesses who appeared this week mentioned that interprovincial immigration seemed to be more successful. Francophones from Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia go and work in the west. However, we seem to have more difficulty with immigrants from other countries when it comes to going directly to official-language minority communities in the western provinces.
This most certainly involves economic immigration. People go to a region to work and have a good job. Do these people have difficulty integrating into official-language minority communities because they live in remote regions and are too spread out? Do these communities have the leadership they need to promote what they are, how they live and the services they offer? Perhaps it would enable them to reach out to people who are immigrating and move closer to their community to create this community life.
I could start with Mr. LeVasseur and then move on to Mr. Therrien.