Madam Chair, the problem is that newcomers make Montreal their home. The Charter of the French Language suffered so much erosion and we ended up with a type of integral bilingualism, by which newcomers have access to services in English, services at the municipal, provincial or especially the federal levels.
The federal government is constantly pushing for the services to be in English. People tell themselves that they are in Canada, where the majority speaks English, and they believe that they have the choice to be served in French or in English. There is no doubt that those who are more drawn to English tend to choose that language and we only manage to attract people who are already francophone.