Official Languages committee  Thank you for listening to us.

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely, and for a very simple reason, Mr. Nadeau. The pages of the book will be numbered in the Code Antoine. There are 10 figures to learn. Novels do not create any problems because the only figures are the ones used to number the pages.

Official Languages committee  You have understood the whole picture.

Official Languages committee  Let me give you a very simple example.

Official Languages committee  The Nemeth Code is used in Quebec and in Canada. However, it is not used in France, in Switzerland and in Belgium. Those countries use the Code Antoine. However, this code is very incomplete; it is a homemade code. Earlier, I spoke of politics. Quebec wanted to join in the standa

Official Languages committee  The problem lies in the fact that all of the school books, particularly in science and in math, are already transcribed according to the Abraham Nemeth Code, and this applies to all students, whether they be francophones or anglophones, whether they come from Quebec or elsewhere,

Official Languages committee  More than one generation. This is an extremely serious matter, madam. Basically, we should find out why that was done. We are told that it will help standardization, which means one single system for preparing books in Quebec and elsewhere. There is a question that I have always

Official Languages committee  No. It is clearly stated in the documents we gave you that this new code applies exclusively to Quebec. So the situation in your region remains the same, unless one day you find some money and human resources in order to train your teachers and children.

Official Languages committee  No. I gave you my position: I do not want nor desire change. I asked a very simple question: where are the benefits? Where are the benefits associated with this change? If someone can tell me what the benefits are, I will be the first to go ahead with the changes. There are no be

Official Languages committee  If I may, I would like to raise a point in order to clarify the situation properly.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Nemeth, whose first name is Abraham, tabled his code, how can I say—

Official Languages committee  It will be very quick. Mr. Nemeth invented his code and tabled it. This code satisfied one requirement, which pertained to everything concerning mathematics, sciences, chemistry, physics. This was a way of transcribing into braille everything that is done in a scientific or mathe

Official Languages committee  They use the code that they have been using up until now.

Official Languages committee  If I may, my answer will be twofold. First of all, the aspect we are discussing this morning is huge. I am not surprised by what you are telling me. Indeed, those who had very significant aspects to present were dismissed. As I said earlier, I worked on these committees, and in 2

Official Languages committee  Earlier I talked about the 10 figures. As for the mathematical code... If I may, I would like to give you an illustration. Let's take the example of a child in first grade who is learning the Antoine Code. He will learn the Antoine figures in first, second and third grade, right