Official Languages committee  I have a two-part answer. First, am I concerned? I should not be concerned because I have worked on several federal government-funded projects over the past few years, so I feel qualified to say that the CNFS is one of the most successful of those projects. The CNFS speaks for it

Official Languages committee  We have to make everyone more aware. We have to make all of the parties more aware. You all have a responsibility to make this project happen. So I hope there will be no hesitation and that we will get the funding we ask for. You have not asked me—

Official Languages committee  The CNFS is now in its fifth year. Just to fulfill our existing commitments, we need about $85 million. We will probably submit a proposal for about $125 million to $130 million over five years. I think that amount is fully justifiable. We intend to submit the proposal with much

Official Languages committee  Are you speaking specifically about retention?

Official Languages committee  I read in the paper just this morning that I have lost one of my best researchers, a professor at one of the universities in Alberta. I do not think we can retain everyone. We cannot tie people down, but I feel it is our responsibility as an organization to ensure the best possib

Official Languages committee  As far as your first question is concerned, on the nature of the training, I would say we have a network of distance education, funded by the federal government, with AUFC institutions, representing 90 sites across Canada. It is quite extraordinary. This is done not just in the u

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  And that, as I was saying, is at the very heart of the CNFS mission. I hope to be able to answer your question quickly. It is not that we want to establish faculties of medicine everywhere. I do not want to give that impression. However, this is the solution CNFS proposes: yes, w

Official Languages committee  That is a bad example. They can go to a regional hospital and go back— The student makes their own contacts. The Société Santé en français has a responsibility as far as the acceptance of these students is concerned, but the hospitals also have a responsibility. Mr. Murphy spoke

Official Languages committee  Firstly, we are already preparing the document. The document for Phase II is taking shape; it is already ready. To give you an idea of our sense of responsibility, I would say to you that all the institutions have each prepared a document. We are in the process of putting one doc

Official Languages committee  The University of Ottawa, during the first two phases of the CNFS project, did not accept any Franco-Ontarian students because it received limited funding directly from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for its programs to meet Ontario's needs. I can assure you

Official Languages committee  That is an excellent question.

Official Languages committee  You raised two points. The first had to do with student recruitment. How do we inform students about the CNFS and how do we facilitate their acceptance in the 10 CNFS institutions? Training and recruitment are two of the four pillars of the CNFS, which does a lot of recruitment

Official Languages committee  Yes, but at least he found a spot somewhere. Last night I went to the CNFS Web site just for fun because I knew you would ask me difficult questions. I asked myself the following question: if I were a student somewhere in Canada, how could find a place in an educational institut

Official Languages committee  That is an excellent question that we get quite regularly. I have a two-part answer to that question. I will give you the example of the University of Ottawa, which is an institution that represents many. I think it would be difficult to ask the provincial Government of Ontario