Official Languages committee  No. When the roadmap was presented, we found out about the existence of the Fonds Jeunesse. We saw the activities we conduct fitting under some programs, but not necessarily that one. We applied as a result of the call for proposals and we got funding.

Official Languages committee  It certainly becomes a little more difficult and complicated. Once the project ended, we tried to make it part of our programming. We realized that it was relatively easy to bring seniors together, but getting school kids mobilized is a whole different story. It is very difficult.

Official Languages committee  The program involves seniors. Actually, it depends, because we have a number of projects. The project we carried out took the form of workshops where, for two and a half hours—or even three hours, in some cases—about a dozen young people and a dozen seniors got together. We did awareness work.

Official Languages committee  Of course we can.

Official Languages committee  In Ottawa, as an example, there is a program for retired people called Parcours Lecture. It has retired people going into schools and reading stories to children in French. Of course, that leads to some great opportunities to talk with the kids and they find those connections to be interesting and meaningful.

Official Languages committee  High school students, mainly.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We even have a project in the works. We have made funding requests. The project is called Grands-parents.ca. We would like to use technology to create a link between grandparents and their grandchildren. We are targeting grandparents because they often have the means. We are also considering the fact that grandchildren in exogamous families don't often have the opportunity to speak French at home.

Official Languages committee  Exactly.

Official Languages committee  The project is for family caregivers. I can simply tell you that VON Canada has had a program in English for several years. It is deployed in the communities. They developed…

Official Languages committee  Yes, it's to support family caregivers. Perhaps Ms. Beaulieu can help me answer the question. Training is given to family caregivers. We help them because it isn't easy to take care of someone at home who is losing their faculties. The project is used to support family caregivers to help them provide proper care.

Official Languages committee  We are looking at those opportunities, exactly.

Official Languages committee  Exactly.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We are currently working on twinning. Among others, it's being done between Ontario and the FADOQ for the regions of Quebec and Chaudière-Appalaches, and also between Saguenay and Nova Scotia. We are doing a lot of pairing up. Naturally, this pairing up includes travel and exchanges, which enable groups of seniors to visit other seniors.

Official Languages committee  I agree with my colleagues and would say that it's essential. I think it's our way of identifying ourselves. The CBC is an essential partner in our communities. For instance, often, when we issue press releases, I get calls from people at the CBC, and they are there to cover the news.

Official Languages committee  Funding to cover more than one year would already be a lot. It sometimes takes a year to break in a program. We want to build something, we want the projects to grow and, eventually, we want to find sources of funding elsewhere. One year isn't much and, sometimes, it's less than a year; it's nine months.