As Ms. Chouinard and I have said, it's important to recognize provincial particularities. In regions where the community is defined as having a large francophone population, I think it's important that we take into account the specific realities of each province and territory across the country.
As Mr. Bentley mentioned earlier, we can see that there is a concentration. The current criteria mean that there is a concentration in areas where there are French-language schools and French-language cultural centres, and where there is already a vibrant francophone community.
As Ms. Chouinard has mentioned on several occasions, these criteria are defined in the official languages regulations under part IV of the Official Languages Act. If all these systems could support one another, we would truly have an optimal system.