I think it’s essential for French-language media outside Quebec to speak out very forcefully if we want to see change. In fact, I feel that things have not necessarily been moving in the right direction over the past 55 years since the Official Languages Act was passed, as we have seen a decline in the use of French.
The updated act also addressed the need for redress, even to restore the demographic weight of francophones. There are high hopes that francophone immigration will achieve this, but do you think it will be enough? If we simply increase francophone immigration while assimilation continues at the same rapid pace, any improvement may prove to be very short-lived.