Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Commissioner, for being here with your team. It's always good to see you here, obviously to put you in the hot seat a little bit.
In your report, you mention that only 2% of immigrants coming to settle in provinces other than Quebec speak French as their official language. You go on to say that this is too low to ensure the vitality of French-speaking communities outside of Quebec. I would fully agree with you on that.
One of the things that concerns me, as an immigrant myself, and one the reasons that I and many other immigrants have come here is jobs, prosperity, and moving things forward. In many of these communities, they don't have the businesses to be able to do that. In fact, we've had witnesses here who have told us that many of the younger French-speaking people have to leave for education and that they don't generally come back, because there aren't jobs there.
Can you comment and tell me your feelings on that and how that impacts the immigration status of getting more people in?