Official Languages committee  Thank you for that extremely pertinent question, Mr. Drouin. The FCFA has indeed looked into the needs of communities. The needs are immense, insofar as the prosperity of our communities today is threatened by the decline of the French language. We need to re‑establish the demog

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for that excellent question. At the FCFA, we are following the British Columbia issue very closely, as you know. To date, several decisions have been made in this regard. That being said, I'm going to turn the floor over to the FCFA's general manager, Mr. A

Official Languages committee  That's an excellent question, and one we in fact put to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to find out whether a new formula had made it possible to reach the target. It's true that the 4.4% target has been reached, but it's by no means enough. We need to do better, and

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. We've certainly reached the 4.4% target, but what have we done better? We've certainly reduced waiting lists. But have we been innovative enough to exceed expectations? You know, I was a journalist when the 4.2% target was proposed, a long time ago. I'm

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. I'd like to come back to the question you asked us earlier, Mr. Beaulieu. You asked us whether we were taking assimilation into consideration. Assimilation is certainly one reality, but there's another. I stand before you, the father of two children who were born in O

Official Languages committee  Those are facts too.

Official Languages committee  I'll let Mr. Dupuis answer the question.