Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
Ms. Arseneau-Sluyter, I congratulate you on your contribution.
I understand the struggle in recent years. However, I will start by asking this: Don't we have incredible opportunities ahead of us now? French is the fourth most spoken language in the world. Now, it is in fact the fourth language on the internet. In the world, a large generation of young people will speak French, whereas we had to fight in the past. This fact has real global legitimacy.
At the same time, all across our beautiful Canada, there is a paradigm shift, and we must work from east to west and in the north thanks to the Official Languages Act. It is said to be an important asset, but now it must be applied so we can take advantage of it in our economic development. While we may have scars from the past, I believe there are opportunities arising.
My first question about that is for you, Mr. Campofredano.
We talk about Quebec, but wouldn't the fact that the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act applies throughout Canada, and that many businesses offer services only in the rest of Canada, be an advantage? Would the pressure exerted on the banking system, telecommunications sector and other sectors exerted across Canada—therefore not only operating in Quebec because there are business opportunities—not be a strength of the act for Quebec?