I'm going to continue in French.
Thus, the phrase “to ensure the vitality of francophone minorities” creates another obligation for the federal government, but we're talking about a jurisdiction shared with the provinces. The federal government does not have all the necessary levers to ensure that immigration contributes to increasing the demographic weight of francophones.
I'm going to turn it over to my colleague, Mr. Desruisseaux, from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.