Madam Chair, my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is distorting what I said. The federal court challenges program has helped francophones outside Quebec. We have nothing against it. In Quebec, however, it was used to challenge Bill 101.
Some immigrants are interested in French classes, but several teachers who give these classes have noted that, for many, it is not as important because they believe it is more important to learn English to find a job in Montreal.
I fail to see anything coercive about this. Does my colleague believe that imposing the requirement to learn English is coercive? Right now, someone can come to Quebec, take their citizenship test in English only and obtain citizenship in Quebec. It is consistent with what is happening. Just because we are doing a good job, does not mean that we cannot do better.