I will answer the question more briefly than Mr. Paul.
This has to do with the nature of the facilities that exist. Without schools for our francophones in minority context, we lose them. Assimilation follows. At this time, one of our practices is that school boards must prepare a five-year plan. In addition, the data we use to develop our requests are provided by Statistics Canada.
In certain urban areas like Toronto, rights holders have doubled in some communities. Unfortunately, we were, for instance, granted a school for only 400 students. After three years, we are overcrowded. The youngsters are in temporary facilities. It can take up to 10 years to obtain funding for an expansion project. That is the reality our school boards are facing throughout Canada.
When you have growth of 2%, 5% or 10% per year in our poorly served francophone regions, the community centres and our other partner organizations work very closely with the communities to ensure their vitality. It's a major issue. Unfortunately, this whole situation has an effect on the francophonie outside Quebec.