What's more, this figure applies to only one school board. I can give you the figures for 23 other school boards. I could fill 100,000 places in immersion tomorrow if they were available.
In British Columbia, it's a random draw. You can imagine a parent with twins. So one of the children could have access to immersion and the other could not. Is it acceptable for that parent to say they'll give that opportunity to one but not to the other? Yet, a parent has to make that choice in certain situations.
We are concerned about investments in teaching French to anglophones. If the quality of education were increased, there would be less competition. Two quality systems that teach French could be made available for the future of bilingualism in Canada.