Official Languages committee  Thank you for asking this question, which is so important. There are various aspects to the answer. For instance, OECD's international investigations assess the levels of literacy and numeracy, whether it be in computer science, math, science or another field. The results of tho

Official Languages committee  About the Canada job grant?

Official Languages committee  We are very happy that the federal government has used the Canada job grant to give more flexibility to provincial and territorial governments. It is very important. The grant will be fully in effect on July 1st, and the participation of the provincial and territorial governments

Official Languages committee  That remains to be seen. We don't really know how Service Canada is going to work with provincial governments. We also don't know whether the importance of having strong and stringent linguistic clauses and of consulting communities will be recognized. I know that is part of the

Official Languages committee  Thank you. I briefly referred to the importance of including language issues in the investigations conducted by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada on the workforce and other topics. The databases need to be brought together so that we have access to i

Official Languages committee  There is the integrated plan of action from the Forum pancanadien sur le développement économique en francophonie canadienne. As Ms. Kenny said earlier, this plan relies on six priority areas for implementation. Now it is a matter of having the right players around the committee

Official Languages committee  Good morning Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Suzanne Bossé. I am the Executive Director of the FCFA. I am delighted to be accompanied today by Marjie Brown, who is the manager of the immigration file at the federation and is responsible for overseeing, among o

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. In fact, since the government completely eliminated the promotion budgets for Destination Canada in Budget 2012, the resources that allow us to do the promotion of our communities as host communities have been very curtailed. There is no support fro

Official Languages committee  We certainly would recommend an increase in financial support to increase capacity. There are 13 francophone immigration networks whose responsibility is to find partners and mobilize employers. If we cannot promote the communities in foreign countries, we have to be able to work

Official Languages committee  The vast majority of provincial and territorial governments have not set targets. If they had one, they would need a strategy to attain that objective. Ontario set its target at 5%. That was announced in 2012. However, we are still waiting for the strategy. New Brunswick is suppo

Official Languages committee  I will be brief. I think it is very clear. Linguistic duality, the fact of having two official languages, offers very clear potential. The government has recognized its importance to Canadian identity in various speeches from the Throne, when it talked about the two official lan

Official Languages committee  I don't know who received $25 million...

Official Languages committee  Are you really talking about our organization?

Official Languages committee  The FCFA is supposed to have received $25 million for youth?

Official Languages committee  The FCFA coordinates the activities and actions of organizations working for the overall development of communities. The federation does not develop programs exclusively and specifically for young people, because a youth federation does that. I would have to find out the specific