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Official Languages committee In St. John's in particular, even though we haven't met the 5% francophone target in recent years, all jurisdictions have made significant efforts in terms of language, which was not the case previously. One of the concerns we have with service delivery is sharing jurisdictions b
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee We want to encourage these people to integrate into our community, so also in our organizations and our schools. An organization from the community sector would be more appropriate. I have a hard time seeing a federal agency telling a newcomer which school he should enrol his chi
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee It could provide us with ways of supporting these people from the start, in the form of direct services. That's very important.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Newcomers when they arrive here and have temporary resident status. It would involve supporting them in the early days, as soon as they arrive.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee The community sector. It would most certainly be more effective.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Where we are, the francophone immigration network is part of the federation.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee As I mentioned earlier, officially, between 2006 and 2011, the francophone community increased by 36% in almost all regions, which is very strong growth. Immigration certainly contributed to that growth, but it wasn't the only factor. I won't come back to that. To answer your qu
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee No, that hasn't happened to us.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee We're working on it. We have approached the provincial government about this and, I have to say, we were received fairly positively. The government is currently reviewing the demographic growth strategy, which includes immigration. We hope to receive some news in the next provinc
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee We think the target is realistic because we have already surpassed 3.7%. We were at that rate just before the previous government abolished the francophone significant benefit program. Immigration increased very quickly and decreased immediately after. So we believe that positiv
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee No, it hasn't been discussed.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee However, I'm sincerely optimistic. We are doing pretty well because of the benefits provided, and it will be all the better if we can work with Saint Pierre and Miquelon. We are a small community ourselves, and there aren't many immigrants across the province. There are 700 in th
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee We don't have official numbers. We have just submitted funding applications after the IRCC's last call for research proposals. So we hope to get it soon.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee That's a very broad question.
November 17th, 2016Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau