Welcome to all the guests and witnesses.
Ms. Burke, I obviously congratulate you on your new role. It's good to have you back.
I will pick up where my colleague Mr. Godin left off, because we heard you say that we need to broaden the scope of the act a bit so that it has more teeth.
Based on the reaction of the other guests to regional representation, I see that, in addition to the fact that there should be regions with a strong francophone presence in every province, provincial capitals should be included. Toronto is a good example. I know that in Alberta, for example, a third of the francophone communities are in Edmonton, another third are in Calgary and the final third are everywhere else.
Do you have any suggestions? Organizations have given us examples showing that we need to go beyond Statistics Canada data.
How do you think the scope of the regulations could be broadened? Do you have any ideas?
You highlighted the aspect of private businesses and, in fact, there are a lot of francophone businesses across Canada that could be worth considering. However, how can we get factual criteria that would help the regulations make sense?