Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being with us, Mr. Corbeil.
My comments are in the same vein as Mrs. Boucher's. However, before I begin, I would like to go back to the reason why we are examining this. The next census will take place in 2021, and it is clear that we have to start looking at the data now.
In several francophone communities from one end of the country to the other, people have a lot of trouble obtaining services in French, and perhaps even education in French.
This data is crucial for the sustainability of our communities, period. Moreover, a lot of people want services in their language, but the absence of accurate data stops us from progressing. We have seen this in several Supreme Court rulings. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court and even the school boards in other provinces use that excuse. They claim that in the absence of data they can do nothing, and that is the end of it. The survival of our francophone communities outside Quebec is threatened.
This explains the importance of the next census, or, as you said, of some other tool comparable to the post-census survey on the vitality of communities that you conducted in 2006.
I would like to go back to something you said in your statement. Would it be possible to get your speaking notes? I don't have any. Could you give us some?