Obviously, if we want to increase the student population in the school system, we have to start with early childhood, before children go to school. We have to ensure that children have a sufficient command of the minority language to be able to go to school. It's a choice that parents make based on available resources. If there aren't any resources dedicated to early childhood, there's a very strong possibility that they won't enrol their child in kindergarten in French, because they'll tell themselves that the child isn't ready or aren't able to go there. So the sooner you start thinking about it, the better.
We're aware of that. We're well aware of the role of early childhood. However, we have to find human resources. Let me repeat that, at one point, we took everyone who worked in early childhood and gave them a teaching certificate, because there's a shortage of francophone education workers. The corridor I'm talking about has to extend right across the country. Whether it's in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta or British Columbia, it doesn't matter; we have to find a way to feed that corridor.
I think IRCC could certainly develop specific programs to meet those demands.