This conversation has been going on for 40 years. Those of us who speak, read and write French well know that the majority of kids who graduate from French immersion speak, read and write French poorly; sometimes, very poorly. Sure, those kids might impress their unilingual parents with their ability to ramble on in a second language. But if the parents could hear what those of us who are fluent in French do, they'd quickly pull them out of the immersion program. Of course it's an asset to speak more than one language, absolutely. But not through Canada's immersion program. I've long given up trying to convince parents otherwise, though, they just don't believe it's as bad as it is.