Official Languages committee  I will.

Official Languages committee  We have data for 2021, and there's a gap.

Official Languages committee  We are working to help the government of Quebec achieve its objectives. The purpose of our analysis is to understand the needs on the ground. I would say that, not including immigrants, if we look at mother tongue only, my colleague can give you some data—

Official Languages committee  If we look at mother tongue, there's still a disparity. Our data are not false. We can show them to you.

Official Languages committee  That's not really true. The numbers say what they say. Here's an example relating to average income. If Bill Gates were in the room with us today and we calculated the average income of everyone here, it would look like we're all millionaires, but when I checked my bank account this morning, I didn't have millions of dollars.

Official Languages committee  There are highly francophone communities outside Montreal. We'd be very surprised to learn that there are still unilingual anglophones in the Gaspé, for example. There is a francization component and a French as a second language learning component, but there is also a component related to employment assistance services.

Official Languages committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] that two-thirds of the English-speaking community in the census indicate they are able to hold a conversation in French. Holding a conversation in French is different from being able to perform at a high level in a career. Again, one-third of the population isn't even able to hold a conversation in French.

Official Languages committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] the unemployment gap that has been present for almost 20 years has doubled since the last census, from 2016 to 2021, from two percentage points to four percentage points. The employment income gap.... Median employment income is what most economists use, as a comparative average has distorting effects.

Official Languages committee  Beyond using the census as a data point, we do a lot of focus groups, conferences and events. We hold a lot of events across the country, in terms of trying to gather information. We've done a survey. The top thing identified for us is French-language barriers. That's what English speakers tell us themselves, in terms of their challenges in the labour market.

Official Languages committee  Are you interested specifically in anglophones outside of Montreal? Okay. The regional aspect is, obviously, a pretty important one. We have a breakdown by region, but the situation in terms of the unemployment gap and the income gap can widen significantly, Gaspésie being one example of where there are significant gaps.

Official Languages committee  The majority comes from the Province of Quebec, yes.

Official Languages committee  The focus of our organization is on Quebec's English speakers. We focus on their employability. We think of ways to understand the problems, and we use a lot of the census data to better understand those problems. We want to mobilize solutions, which, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, include English employment services and skills training, as well as pairing with French-language training that targets specific professions and the workplace.

Official Languages committee  They've clearly presented data that demonstrates that Quebec's English speakers are under-represented in the labour market. We're facing a labour market shortage, and the solution is a win-win situation, I think, for all governments. It's offering better English employment services targeted towards the people on the front lines by building the capacity of English-speaking OLMC organizations, as well as by pairing with French-language training to help people improve their French-language competency, get into certain professions, or improve their professional vocabulary and confidence.

Official Languages committee  We need to provide services in English to help people cope with economic challenges—

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. It's clear to us that, in the English-speaking community, people are very willing to improve their French skills. In the current political context, I think that—