That's a good question.
The Charter of the French Language regime has already laid the groundwork for federally regulated private businesses operating in Quebec. The regime has been in place for a long time, which means that these companies have offered opportunities to work in French and have been providing services in French for a long time. Thus, we consider that they are ready to choose to implement the charter or the regulations on the use of French in federally regulated private businesses that we are working on now when they come into force.
The two-year time frame gives private businesses in regions outside Quebec with a strong francophone presence that have not faced these obligations time to implement the regulations. They probably provide what is required, because we have established a list of regions with a strong francophone presence. If they're already on the right track and offer their clients services in the official language of their choice, well and good, but if not, they will now be required to do so. We're giving them a two-year period to give them time to, for example, translate documents if need be, give their employees employment contracts or information from the employer in French if the employee chooses, and to provide services in French, and this may require language training or customer service training in French. The two years will give them time to set things up.