Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  I don't have these data, but we could try to find a way because it's very difficult. We have the information about the provinces in which they were born, for instance.

Official Languages committee  We know where they live right now. We know where they lived one year or five years ago. We would have to do some kind of work to try to understand these kinds of patterns. But we could certainly try to use the actual database to explore this.

Official Languages committee  It's a very large question, a very good question, that would probably deserve more time than I can devote here. Basically, we have to keep in mind that in Quebec, the share of the immigrant population within the English-speaking community is fairly important. We're talking abou

Official Languages committee  I cannot actually state—

Official Languages committee  —or propose any answer, but what I can definitely say is that in terms of studies on the English-speaking population in Quebec, there certainly aren't enough studies on this specific topic. If we had more information and more analyses to really understand these challenges, then

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It's not only statistics gathering, it's analyzing the existing information. To give you an example, we have a portrait of the French-speaking population that was released in 2010, but we don't have such a report for the English-speaking immigrant population in Quebec.

Official Languages committee  We have developed over the years many partnerships with our colleagues in other federal departments. Yes, we've had some discussions in this regard and will certainly continue the discussions.

Official Languages committee  Actually, the Senate committee has looked at such studies, not on the English-speaking immigrant population, but has stated that this kind of analysis was really useful and really instrumental in understanding the challenges that face the English-speaking population in Quebec.

Official Languages committee  That is a complex question that we could discuss at length. I am going to make a connection to what my colleague, Jocelyne Lalonde, talked about. It is clear that, in terms of post-secondary education, there are significant challenges to be addressed in order for francophones to

Official Languages committee  There are many.

Official Languages committee  Yes. For example, the National Household Survey contains data on the main areas studied. Thus, you can look for information on young people who are old enough to have completed their university studies in order to determine in which areas or industries they are working and the p

Official Languages committee  As my colleague Jean-François Lepage mentioned, the information provided pertains only to the provinces. As they say, “The devil is in the details”. Small communities are facing very significant challenges. In northern New Brunswick, for example, francophones are concentrated in

Official Languages committee  I would like to expand on that. After the 2006 census, Statistics Canada conducted the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities. We asked a wide range of questions on the linguistic practice outside the home. It became quite clear that the use of French in minority