Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Termote, what you said about the demographics is really interesting. In my opinion, there are certainly things that the government could do to address the low birth rate. I've just had children, but I know that many women of my generation can't think about that, because it's getting more and more expensive to have children. Just think of the cost of day care, which is much lower in Quebec than elsewhere in Canada, housing, and the cost of living in general. I think it's important to make the connection between the decline of French and the barriers many women face when deciding whether or not to have children and, if so, how many they will have.
My question is about the notion of urgency. The data you have presented today is not only interesting, but worrying. How urgent is it for the federal government to act? Other governments need to act as well, but we're dealing with the federal level here. How urgent is it to address the decline of French now?
I would like to hear from Mr. Termote first, followed by Mr. Rousseau and all the other witnesses.