That is our position precisely: since we do not start on a level playing field, we need positive measures to encourage francophone immigration. That will not happen on its own. We will have to make additional effort. The francophone significant benefit program was one of those positive measures, but it was eliminated, unfortunately. Perhaps it was not working as well as it should have been and the intention may have been to replace it with something else, but we don’t know whether there is something else to replace it with. We talked about express entry, but we don’t know what priority will be placed on language in this program.
In terms of the temporary foreign workers program, the situation is completely different. Those people come to work for a limited period. However, some major companies took advantage of the program to fire the Canadian workers who were in those positions. They misused the system. The fact remains that the small and medium-sized businesses were using it correctly, that they needed to have access to it the most and that they were the ones that were penalized. The criteria have therefore been changed. The program was not eliminated, but the new conditions no longer allow our entrepreneurs to have access to it.