That was just before the meeting started, so the number is really up-to-date.
We attend fairs like Destination Canada and others. We are seeing that there is a strong interest among francophones to come to Canada.
In Canada, we are looking for skilled people who have a high potential for economic integration so that they do not end up in secondary positions or food services. We must therefore make a preselection from the start to ensure that these people will integrate and stay in Canada and that they will not leave. We're also talking about retention. We don't want to see people leave later.
There are job opportunities at various levels. However, we need to raise employer awareness, and that's where we come in.
As you know, we have an officer based in Sudbury, and we also have officers in Ottawa and Toronto. In our daily work, my team from human resources and the private sector and I, we make sure we have a dialogue as equals with companies to understand their needs and to get them the best workforce possible. They really need to be shown that the issue isn't hiring a francophone immigrant, but hiring a skilled, bilingual person.