Conservative leadership front runner Kevin O’Leary says he made a mistake in minimizing the importance of French and has had a tutor following him around for the last week ahead of a bilingual debate on Monday.

“It was mistake and when I make mistakes, I correct them — that’s my nature,” the celebrity investor told Le Journal de Montréal in an interview published Saturday morning.

O’Leary has previously said he didn’t need to speak French because he speaks “the language of jobs”.

The Montreal native reportedly understood the questions he was asked in French by Le Journal, but responded in English with a sprinkling of French words.

“I have two years and it’s going to improve. I’m determined to learn,” O’Leary said. “I was born in Montreal. Quebec is unique, and I’m learning more and more about its culture and I respect it.”

On Monday evening, the Pierrefonds-Dollard and Lac-Saint-Louis Conservative electoral district associations are holding a bilingual debate and meet and greet in Montreal’s West Island.

“I’m going to try my best in the Montreal debate and be the most functional possible,” O’Leary said. “If you want to be the leader Canada, you have to speak the two official languages.”

O’Leary added that he started French courses about a month ago, and that a tutor has been accompanying him on his travels over the last week, speaking to him exclusively in French.

He finished last week in Vancouver and Surrey, B.C., where his campaign says he met with hundreds of new and existing members.

Great night meeting hundreds of students at @UBC‘s pub night! Millennials are sick of being taken advantage of. They deserve the truth! pic.twitter.com/jbFFl9jP79 — Kevin O’Leary (@kevinolearytv) February 10, 2017

In O’Leary’s first debate in Halifax last Saturday, he found himself attacked by many of the 13 other leadership candidates.

It’s not clear how many of those candidates will be participating in the Monday debate, which isn’t an official party debate and costs $20 to attend.

According to the Campaign Life Coalition, a pro-life organization, the meet and greet portion of the evening costs $125 to attend, while the debate alone costs $20.

In their advertisement for the event, which features a picture of Brad Trost, they bill it as a “valuable opportunity for pro-life social conservatives and activists from the Montreal area to hear and ask questions of the Leadership candidates.”