Official Languages committee  I'm afraid I don't have a statement.

Official Languages committee  Good morning, everyone. My name is Dorothy Williams. I am here today to share with the committee some of the issues we face at our organization. I'm program director at the Black Community Resource Centre. I have worked there since 2007 and have seen the organization through up

Official Languages committee  Finally, I would like to take this time to put forth recommendations that will perhaps go a long way to making a difference with the new road map. Number one, identify and support OLMCs with core multi-year funding, rather than short-term fiscally derived project funding. Numbe

Official Languages committee  I don't know about it looking good for the government because I don't think most people—

Official Languages committee  Okay, for them. I think they can certainly look at our record of BCRC and see that we are an organization that follows through with projects. We do proper reporting. We come through with the deliverables that we say we're going to do. What I'm concerned about with that kind of

Official Languages committee  I think there needs to be.

Official Languages committee  To drop the road map?

Official Languages committee  Okay. No, that's why I said there needs to be some kind of indicator, so that it's very clear this project is making inroads and that it should have sustained funding. It needs to continue, and that's what the road map should give us—the opportunity to continue with successful pr

Official Languages committee  I would say that CBC, because again you're talking about Montreal—

Official Languages committee  CBC/Radio Canada, okay. I would say that I think it serves its place, if I may be so bold as to say that.

Official Languages committee  I can only speak for my organization. For instance, I'll start off by saying that the Black Community Research Centre does not have charitable status, so we find it very difficult to raise funds. That is one of the issues. Even in getting support—from other foundations, certainly

Official Languages committee  Okay. I think we need to get that kind of guideline. The only thing we get back is—

Official Languages committee  No, we don't.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it is.

Official Languages committee  Incredibly so.