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Official Languages committee Thank you Pierre. If I may, I would like to answer the question, Mr. Chairman. For the past 15 years I have been working with francophone and Acadian communities and the government in the area of economic development and if there is one thing that I have learned it is that the g
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee Yes. There are development corporations, the Community Futures Development Corporations, or CFDCs, which operate in rural areas.
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee And the RDEEs work with these people.
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee May I answer that question, Mr. Chair? I want to use the example of Agriculture Canada's Vision program. At the time, we identified this program, we went to see the people at Agriculture Canada and we talked with them. We said that this program could benefit the francophone and
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee In this region, RDEE Ontario worked with people from the community to build a slaughterhouse. RDEE Ontario works closely with communities to develop plans which we called Vision plans. Several communities were consulted on that matter, but compare to what happened in Manitoba, th
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee They're still the same people.
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie
Official Languages committee Mr. Chair, honourable members, we'd like to thank you for inviting us to testify before your committee. Your initiative attests to the importance you attach to the economic development of Canada's francophone and Acadian communities. I'd like to make an opening statement and then
January 30th, 2007Committee meeting
Roger Lavoie