Official Languages committee  I would like to add that another of our strategies is to increase local capacity in French. We now have a project to support health care professionals which has allowed us to organize workshops on medical jargon with people whose mother tongue is French and who have not spoken Fr

Official Languages committee  The last time I met with the individuals in charge of human resources at the hospital, I was told that 40% of the nurses were going to retire over the next three years. Considering that we do not train any nurses there, recruiting is a tremendous challenge for us. We are still lo

Official Languages committee  The report was tabled in October 2003, and for the past three years, the community has been trying to find out where the file is sitting.

Official Languages committee  No, that is something else.

Official Languages committee  The five-year health services plan for the Yukon was developed in accordance with the transfer of health and hospital programs from the federal to the territorial level. When these transfers occurred, in 1993 and 1997, the agreement did not include any linguistic clauses. That ga

Official Languages committee  Mr. Tuyishime referred to project-based subsidies. One of the projects recently funded by the Société Santé en français was to plan health and social services in French in our Territories. We sat at the table with the Territories and we talked about a minimum number of services t

Official Languages committee  No, we've heard nothing for three years, because this is the fourth budget that will be passed. The file is active and that's all I know.

Official Languages committee  For the past three years. We have been trying to find solutions for a long time. I too would like to know where we are at.

Official Languages committee  In the Territories, it's dark half the year, but light the other half.

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's the light. We had time to tell you about our needs, but we didn't have time to tell you about our success stories. For three years now, we've had a territory-wide anti-smoking program, and it's a first. The anglophones in the three Territories can't even work togethe

Official Languages committee  I concur. We work with five partners: training institutions, healthcare professionals, the two levels of government and hospital managers. This is a large group of people we manage to bring to the same table in order to discuss health care. Honestly, I've got to say that if it we

Official Languages committee  I want to thank the committee for inviting us today so that we can talk about the health related issues for francophones in the territories. I want to talk about our circumstances and challenges. There are little or no health services offered in French in the territories. That i