I think this ties in with what Ms. Chouinard said earlier. Other indicators were provided for in the official languages regulations dealing with part IV of the Official Languages Act. It talks about the presence of francophone schools and other institutions in a region, which really shows the vitality of the francophonie in those regions, and that should certainly be part of the calculation.
As for the calculations in Manitoba, francophone minority communities are doing better, but there's a lot of work to be done. Many communities, such as Ellice‑Archie and La Broquerie, are very well known as dynamic francophone communities, but there are many others, including Saint-Pierre‑Joly and De Salaberry, where there's a strong francophone presence. We would certainly like to see the act apply in those areas in the future.
