Official Languages committee  To begin with, it has been clear for years that the way to recruit and keep doctors is to provide training in the regions and create the necessary infrastructure for that training, whether we are talking about nurses, doctors or other professionals. Second, we need to create pa

Official Languages committee  In Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It is predominantly francophone.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. The people we serve in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes are 80% francophone. Nonetheless, we also serve the area's anglophones.

Official Languages committee  I want to add some concrete examples to what Mr. Gauthier was saying. I'm the regional chief of staff for Central Manitoba, a rural doctor in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. This is a region southwest of Winnipeg that includes a number of small scattered francophone communities. Mr. Gaut