Thank you for the question.
I'd first like to add to Mr. Lévesque's comment on school bus transportation. A member of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial in Nova Scotia said that 10 more French-language elementary schools are needed in Halifax. This proves that the problem affects all of Canada, not just Ontario.
To your question, I'd say the teacher shortage is very serious. What can the federal government do? As Mr. Lévesque mentioned, more spots must be made available in education faculties. The government has successfully intervened in some sectors in the past. I'm living proof of this, as is your chair. Prior to the early 1980s, no common law programs were taught in French, and the federal government, by getting involved, managed to put programs in place in Ottawa and Moncton, and a few in western Canada, as well. This type of intervention has been undertaken before and it can be done for education, too. I think it's the key. One of the next section 23 battles will be about the teacher shortage.
I come back to my earlier suggestion of setting up a post-secondary official language education program modelled on the official language teaching program that's worked well for elementary and secondary education.