I would like to follow up on what Mr. Boulerice and Mr. Gourde were saying.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to help people in our riding offices. It's taking hours, weeks and even months of waiting. It's definitely affecting francophone immigrants too. This has to be dealt with.
We are being told that the problems are caused by COVID‑19, but that's been two years now. Today, we're talking about Ukraine and Afghanistan. There are always crises somewhere in the world. This situation is unacceptable not only for us, the MPs, but for all Canadians. I know that you are spokespersons and are not personally responsible, but it's important for you to transmit this message so that something can be done about it.
On February 9, the Commissioner of Official Languages stated that:
[…] we're supposed to reach the 4.4% target by 2023, but obviously we're not going to get there. This means that over 75,000 francophone immigrants who we could have welcomed to Canada, outside of Quebec, will not be coming.
Are you in agreement with this figure with respect to the number of immigrants we could have received and who will now not be coming?