Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. Since the Official Languages Act was passed 25 years ago, we have witnessed an accelerated erosion of the number of francophones living outside Quebec. Statistics Canada tells us that the proportion of francophones outside Quebec has dropped by 40 per cent over a period of 20 years.
My question is this: Does the Prime Minister realize that the alarming assimilation rate of francophones outside Quebec is proof that Canada's bilingualism policy is a total flop?