As a common roadblock to expanding FSL programming in local school boards and communities is the lack of supply of qualified FSL teachers. Canadian Parents for French has long monitored the situation and struggles of school districts / boards across the country in maintaining a sufficient supply of qualified French as a second language (FSL) teachers to respond to continually-increasing demand for French immersion programs as well as more core French and intensive French program options.
https://cpf.ca/wp-content/uploads/FSL-Teacher-Supply-and-Demand-in-Canada_2018-2023.pdf
In 2019, OCOL released a report entitled Accessing Opportunity: A study on challenges in FSL education teacher supply and demand in Canada which stated that without addressing the challenges in FSL teacher supply and demand, it is unlikely that access to FSL education will improve and, consequently, unlikely that the overall English/French bilingualism rates among non-Francophones will increase in the foreseeable future.
One of the main responsibilities of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada (the Commissioner) is to promote linguistic duality in Canadian society. To help meet this responsibility, the Commissioner raises Canadians’ awareness of the benefits of linguistic duality and carries out research, studies and public awareness activities to help inform all Canadians of the status and importance of Canada’s official languages.
https://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/en/publications/studies/2019/accessing-opportunity-fsl