There is another type of activity that we support in Quebec, through the agency known as the Community Health and Social Services Network. The agency works with Quebec's department of health and social services to influence the provision of health services by the Quebec government and hospitals. The idea is to make people aware of the reality you described, the reality of those who are often seniors and who need access to services in their mother tongue. It is actually much easier for people to receive services in their language when it involves issues as sensitive as health care.
Indirect though it may be, it's a method that works. We would be glad to tell our health counterparts about the example you mentioned.