The rest of the province is missing.
Mr. Godin, one of our strengths as Franco-Ontarians is that we live in all regions of Ontario. Some regions are historic in that we have been there for a very long time. These draft regulations completely ignore southern Ontario, where I come from, as well as regions like Welland, Windsor, Chatham-Kent, Sarnia and London. They are all designated areas under the French Language Services Act and federally identified for services in French. There is also the town of Penetanguishene, where I lived for a long time. The people there would never forgive me if I did not add the town to the list.
So when we look at where the francophone population is concentrated, we see that it is actually scattered all around the province.
At the moment, I am touring with the Estates General of French Ontario and I am in the process of visiting all those communities. The people in those communities are emphatic when they tell me that they feel that the federal government and the province have forgotten that they exist. They feel that they have almost become second-class citizens inside those communities.