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Official Languages committee  That's correct. We have had several opportunities to make comments, at the interdepartmental level, on the evolution of the Action Plan for Official Languages. We think that a great deal of work has been done to implement the action plan, but we face enormous challenges related to the federal bureaucracy.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  We started to bark, to use your expression, two years before we decided to go before the courts. We filed over 100 complaints with the language commissioner of the Northwest Territories before we started legal proceedings. At the time the community decided that it was essential that we proceed in this manner.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  I'll be quick. I think that the federal government has an extremely important role to play in terms of supporting a territorial government, but i would say that it is monitoring or having responsibility, in an almost paternalistic role. “Paternity” may not be the best word. What's the current best word?

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  Parenting. The federal government has to be a good parent to a government that is making small steps forward in health. We have, nonetheless, invested in various services, and the community is happy to have more services in French.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  That's a question that requires a very detailed answer. Would you allow me a comment on the first part of what you've just said?

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  We have two schools at the moment. There has been one in Yellowknife since 1989, but enrollments have not increased in the last few years because of an inadequate infrastructure—there is no gymnasium and no specialized facilities. This problem should be corrected in 2007 because of a court case, and, if all goes well, in 2008 a gymnasium and other specialized facilities should be built.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  Your question is both relevant and important. I would reply that 75% of the budget comes from the federal government. Now we can say that the federal government has definitely invested in education at the primary and secondary levels in recent years. The problem is that it did so at the request of the territorial government.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  There's a well known saying that if it isn't broken, don't fix it. If it's not broken, don't change it. In our area, over the past 20 years, the Court Challenges Program has been essential in establishing our community infrastructures. Without that program, we probably wouldn't have any schools.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, committee members, thank you for your reception. I have come here today to talk to you about the vitality of francophone communities in the Northwest Territories. I am speaking to you on behalf of the President of our federation, Fernand Denault, who apologizes for his absence.

January 30th, 2007Committee meeting

Léopold Provencher