Thank you for the question.
There are actually about 22,000 people in the pool. They are the eligible individuals who may be invited to file an application to come to Canada as permanent residents. It is also true that about 270 people provided French-language test results. We are currently working on the definition.
The minister mentioned that the problem was not necessarily that there were no other francophones or bilingual candidates in the pool. The fact remains that, for the time being, the number of francophones represents how many people provided French-language test results. We are trying to find a better way to define “francophone” in order to have a more accurate number.