Premier Doug Ford says he is working on learning French and thinks it will be “pretty easy” to pick up.

Ford offered a “bonjour, comment ca va’?” as evidence at a press conference on Thursday.

Ford says he believes every elected official should learn French, and thinks it will be pretty easy to learn, since he studied it from Grade 3 to Grade 9 in school.

There are more than 600,000 francophones in Ontario and French would also come in handy if Ford were ever to enter federal politics.