Of course, if there are more offices, things will be better, but the criteria used to open or close offices have to be very clear.
The reason behind the proceedings launched by SFM in Manitoba was the federal government's formula for the calculations. There had to be 500 people who spoke French. The percentage was also mentioned—2% or 5%, I can't quite remember. According to that formula, if there were 498 people, the services could be reduced the following year, even though all of the bilingual public servants were in place. And that is what was done in some places.