Okay.
No new strategy has been developed. I have to tell you that things are done on a case-by-case basis, piecemeal fashion. It amounts to putting a band-aid on the problem, whenever one surfaces.
This isn't the first time the Express Entry system has been discussed. For two or three years, we've been offering to help the government incorporate a francophone-oriented component in the program. It wasn't until last fall, after the francophone significant benefit program was cancelled, that the government finally agreed to meet with us to discuss the issue. We were told that the government would test it out initially and then see how it worked.
The first test wasn't successful. In fact, we were told that the numbers would be even lower than expected, below 1.36%. We are now almost at 0%, and still, a francophone dimension has not been added. What's more, yesterday, we found out that, under the Express Entry system, there's no way to know whether an immigrant is francophone or not when they apply. Immigrants aren't asked whether they are francophone or anglophone, or what their first official language spoken is.
Forgive me for saying so, but on top of that, the government has the nerve to ask how we, the communities, are going to help promote the Express Entry program. I'd love to, except without a francophone component, the system amounts to death by a thousand cuts for our communities. And they want me to promote the program. It's too bad, but the answer is no, and it will always be no as long as the program neglects francophone immigration.
There is no strategy. Things are always done in a piecemeal fashion. I apologize—
Suzanne, did you have anything to add?