The study of language policy models around the world shows that the territoriality principle has the biggest impact on protecting minority languages. According to this principle, a given territory has an official language. Territorial bilingualism is one example; it can be called different things.
Mr. Simard, as a representative of the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, you know that New Brunswick has one of the lowest francophone assimilation rates outside Quebec. Do you think that francophone immigrants who settle in New Brunswick, especially in more francophone surroundings, are more likely to integrate into life in French and are more likely to complete a language transfer into French eventually?