Okay.
Here's the issue. I have a document provided by the Treasury Board Secretariat after a briefing with this committee concerning the different regions that do not meet the criteria of regions with a strong francophone presence because they do not meet the 10% population threshold established by Treasury Board.
Unfortunately, your province of Nova Scotia does not appear in the exceptions. You listed a number of cities. I have in mind a former colleague from Isle Madame, and I can assure you he would express his indignation if he were here. I had the pleasure of serving with him on the committee. Isle Madame has a concentration of francophones, but it doesn't have the 10% threshold and so it doesn't qualify. That's unfortunate.
This week, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada told us about the dissemination area.
I'd like you to give us some tools. For example, Halifax is not even on the list and yet Halifax is a francophone population centre and the capital city. The city is home to eight schools, a campus and 14 francophone organizations. However, federally regulated businesses are not required to offer services in French to this population. That is rather odd.