Thank you for your question.
I remember the 1990s very well. Perhaps we'll have an opportunity to reminisce at some point.
I can tell you that the Canadian government can do a great deal to encourage people from outside Canada to immigrate to regions where francophone communities are short of workers and resources. I understand that your colleague from British Columbia has an enormous need for French-language teachers. I think this is also the case in several other provinces, as shown by the numbers. One particular situation in Saskatchewan was recently brought to my attention.
There are categories of jobs in these regions designated as essential to the vitality of French in the community. To support the recruitment of such resources, I think that the Canadian government can do a lot more with countries from which newcomers either already know French, or have agreed to take training in French and the accept a job commensurate with their new language skills. I believe that the government could be much more proactive than it has been to date.
I believe that in your exploration of ways to amend the act, you should consider amending the preamble, and in particular subsection 2(b), which says the following about the purpose of the act:
...support the development of English and French linguistic minority communities and generally advance the equality of status and use of the English and French languages within Canadian society...
There is an acknowledgementtechnical difficulties...