Official Languages committee  That is a good question. If we knew the answer, we could meet the challenge better. Generally speaking, francophone immigrants have a tendency to settle in Quebec. It is not easy to persuade francophone immigrants that they can settle elsewhere than in Quebec. Previously, selection programs favoured immigrants who spoke one or the other of Canada's two official languages, without distinguishing between them.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is David Manicom and I am the Acting Assistant Deputy Minister of Strategic and Program Policy at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. I am here today with my colleagues Stefanie Beck, Corinne Prince-St-Amand and Donald Cochrane. We are very pleased to be here before you today to discuss francophone immigration outside of Quebec.