I have only one suggestion: to give students more opportunities to live in French, to create federal programs that would allow students to have opportunities—not just in high school, but from kindergarten to grade 12—to live in French with native speakers. That means they would have a francophone friend somewhere, a personal connection with the language. This is what's missing; they do not have this connection, this opportunity to learn French outside of school.
Activities outside school is the key to personal connections. School trips, exchanges like those offered by the Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada (SEVEC) make all the difference. We must recognize that there is a space for people who are multilingual or bilingual. They are not Quebeckers, they are not Franco-Manitoban and never will be. They are bilingual, they have another identity; we must really support that identity and create the space for them.