Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Blaney, what you're proposing is a change in philosophy that could lead to a complete overhaul of how support is provided to French-speaking communities outside Quebec.
I cannot tell you today how exactly to get there, but I do suggest that you really examine the matter to come up with a recommendation by the end of your study. It has to have the backing of francophone communities, who must come away with the sense that they are genuinely being supported.
Truly, you will have to consider an asymmetrical approach, because applying the same approach to all groups is not working. That is clear from Canada's changing demographics, as the census results and figures show. As Bernard Derome, the former Téléjournal news anchor, would have said, if the trend holds, there won't be any students left to attend French-language post-secondary institutions.
I cannot tell you how to do it, but do it, please.