Mr. Chair, I have something to add, if I may.
The purpose of this amendment is to restore and increase the demographic weight of francophone minority communities by meeting the admission target for francophone immigrants to francophone minority communities and by increasing or at least maintaining the demographic weight of the francophone minority population.
The decline of French in many francophone minority communities has had an impact on services like day care, health care and other service delivery programs, due to a shortage of qualified francophone workers in those communities.
In a report submitted to the committee in April 2022, the FCFA argued that an effective reporting mechanism should be created and that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC, should be asked to develop new tools and mechanisms for measuring the progress made as a result of its francophone immigration strategy. Indicators should also be developed for the federal, provincial and territorial action plan for increasing francophone immigration.
In the report, the FCFA also asked IRCC to increase the systematic communication of francophone immigration outcomes, including progress toward the achievement of the French-speaking immigrant target and broader results. This could be done through public reporting, such as the departmental results plan and the annual report to Parliament on immigration, and through meetings and information sharing mechanisms with partners and key stakeholders.
Thank you.