Official Languages committee  I think that's essential. We at the Consortium national de formation en santé are conducting our own evaluation and our report will be made public in two weeks. We'll be able to send it to you, if you wish. I believe that will enable us to make adjustments, if we need to do so, t

Official Languages committee  What we were able to do, as a result of confidentiality issues, was to check to see whether our students are working in regions that provide health services in French now that they've become health professionals. Eighty-six per cent of them are working in regions where there is a

Official Languages committee  I'll answer your question. The Consortium comprises 11 universities and colleges. For example, the University of Ottawa, the Université de Saint-Boniface, the University of Moncton, the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick and the francophone colleges are all member

Official Languages committee  Health Canada provides the agencies' funding. Health Canada conducted a consultation of 25 individuals in the spring of 2011 because they wanted to meet the members of the community. People from across Canada attended that meeting, and that enabled Health Canada's Official Langua

Official Languages committee  That's very clear for us working with Health Canada. Funding is granted to two agencies, Société Santé en français and the CNFS, and, for anglophones, it goes to two agencies in Quebec. That's very clear for us.

Official Languages committee  If we don't know it in April 2013, we'll assume the program is continuing. We can't stop registering students for our programs. If we registered students in a four-year program in 2009 or 2010, they'll be in the system in 2014. We can't stop registering students overnight. We kno

Official Languages committee  Unfortunately, it would take more than a minute to answer you.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I can do that. The reason is very clear. A large number of medical personnel, both anglophone and francophone, will be retiring in the next few years. That is particularly true on the francophone side. There are all kinds of reasons for this phenomenon, including the aging o

Official Languages committee  Yes, I started explaining something to Mr. Bélanger concerning human resources in health, whether it be in English or in French. It is very clear, for example, that by 2025, there will be a very significant shortage of nurses. The francophone community will have a greater shorta

Official Languages committee  The medical program jointly offered by Lakehead University and Laurentian University is given in English only. No courses are offered in French. However, a number of francophones are taking courses and are registered at the faculty of medicine. We are helping them with clinical p

Official Languages committee  The Government of Ontario determined at the time that the medical program would be offered in English.

Official Languages committee  I believe people are considering the possibility of starting to offer certain courses in French. Some groups are meeting in French. They're making some efforts.

Official Languages committee  No. In most cases, these are people who live in francophone communities in various regions of Canada. Of course, we don't have medical programs across Canada. We have one in New Brunswick, particularly with Dr. Schofield at the Centre de formation médicale, as well as the Univers

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Gourde. To be able to improve access to health services, the minority francophone communities must first have professionals who can deal with their francophone patients in French. We therefore have to be able to train health professionals in various fields. People