Thank you.
At the same time, let's look at the use of French by francophone communities outside Quebec. In Manitoba, the number of people who use French has gone from 19,500 to 17,900. There has been an incredible drop in British Columbia, where the figure has gone from 15,325 to 7,135. Ontario has also registered a drop, with the number going from 289,000 to 151,000.
What will 2017 bring? At what point must we say that linguistic minorities are in jeopardy? If I look at the statistics—I also looked at previous years, including 2001—the situation is frankly rather worrisome.
If the trend continues, when do you think we will lose our first francophone linguistic minority in Canada?