I'm very pleased to meet you all, some of you once again, and especially to see the vibrancy of the francophone communities and their will to maintain their vitality.
In my opinion, contrary to what a certain Ms. Bombardier seems to believe, the 2.7 million francophones outside Quebec have an influence that enables the French fact to survive in Quebec, and, conversely, they also help the francophone communities outside Quebec survive by having a flagship in Quebec.
On this subject, Ms. Lapierre and Ms. Lavoie, on a trip we recently took to western Canada, you raised a point that we absolutely can't disregard if we want to ensure that French continues to exist: only one in five children can attend an early childhood centre in French. The needs are not being met. If I correctly understood, that doesn't fall under the Official Languages Act.
How could we correct that situation so more children can go to school in French from the start of their education?