Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses for being here this morning.
My first question is for the witnesses from the various provinces, Ms. Hébert, Mr. Corbineau and Mr. Hominuk.
Why do francophone immigrants settle in your provinces? Is it for economic or family reunification purposes? What services do they choose to use?
When they accept a job in your provinces, can they be close to an official language minority community, a francophone community? Do they subsequently choose to move closer to a francophone community because they decided to settle in your province for a longer term?
That's basically an indirect question. In other words, are they staying in your province for only one year and then leaving quite quickly to settle in another province such as Quebec? Or do they stay in the province and settle for a longer term to then get closer to a francophone community, when they don't necessarily have the chance to establish themselves close to a francophone community because of their employment?
They don't always work in French because there are also francophones who have jobs where English is spoken exclusively.