Official Languages committee  No, it is not recent at all. In fact, we had conducted very thorough studies, including coverage surveys. We simply went to see people and submitted a different questionnaire to them to ensure they clearly understood the questions. That is what led us to change the order of the

Official Languages committee  On the whole, we say that this is high-quality data. However, we observed a sharp increase in multiple responses between 2006 and 2011, for example. By matching the files, we realized that people who had given two or three answers in a census gave only one in the following census

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  No. All I said was that, in 2011, the questions on the long form concerning the language spoken at home and knowledge of official languages migrated to the short form as a result of legal obligations arising from implementation of the regulations.

Official Languages committee  No, not at all. We proceed in exactly the same way as we have for a very long time.

Official Languages committee  Yes. You have to understand that the order in which we place the questions in the context in which they are asked may have an impact on the answers given. In 2006, for example, the questions on language followed all of those on ethnocultural diversity, that is to say on immigran

Official Languages committee  I do not have the exact number, but it was between 2,000 and 3,000 cases. If memory serves me correctly, it was 2,500 cases.

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. Everything was corrected. As my colleague Mr. Hamel said, we reviewed all processes from top to bottom. The data were processed by the programs again, and we did all the necessary verifications.

Official Languages committee  We released the immigration data last Wednesday, on October 25. One of the findings that emerged was a decline in the number of recent French-language immigrants from outside Quebec. There is also interprovincial mobility. We can see very clearly that the French-language populat

Official Languages committee  Just a moment. In 1992, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics had been established 75 years earlier. So you can add 25 years.

Official Languages committee  We produce information on virtually everything you can imagine, from electric tubes to frozen chickens, immigrants, pregnant women, and other topics. We supply an enormous amount of information. There really are a lot of divisions. They may be economic, social, environmental, or

Official Languages committee  Not exactly a linguist.

Official Languages committee  They are linguistic demography experts. You should also know that—

Official Languages committee  This is almost an everyday concern for me.

Official Languages committee  As we explained, and I even repeated this during our last appearance, I can assure you we have done everything possible, made every effort, and involved all the necessary teams. Just yesterday, I met with Statistics Canada experts, more specifically methodology experts. We are lo