Official Languages committee  Do you want to answer that?

Official Languages committee  To answer your question, I don't have any figures on the investments that would be necessary. However, I would be very pleased for us to work with the committee to establish those figures. First, there will definitely have to be increased investment in promotion. We mentioned th

Official Languages committee  I agree with you.

Official Languages committee  We talked about concerns over assimilation and the way to bring francophones and francophiles closer together. On that point, I don't know when the last campaign was conducted to promote linguistic duality or to increase people's awareness of pride in our language. I didn't see a

Official Languages committee  In fact, it starts very early, in early childhood, in our education system, our schools, our school infrastructure, which are deficient in our provinces and territories. The Tripartite Education Committee, which brings together the francophone school boards, the directors genera

Official Languages committee  I'm going to talk about funding in general, and Sylvie will be able to tell you about the hospitality structures. With regard to funding, the FCFA coordinates, together with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, the steering committee and the strategic plan implementati

Official Languages committee  Manitoba is also an excellent example of the governments' vision of what Canada is. They perceive the two official languages as adding value to our identity and sense of belonging. The provincial government of Manitoba has, among other things, recognized and mandated the Société

Official Languages committee  That represents a lot; it's a big question. In fact, the Strategic Plan to Foster Immigration to Francophone Minority Communities is a plan over 15 years designed to achieve that minimum target of 4.4%. For the Roadmap, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration has identified

Official Languages committee  Good morning, everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting us to make a presentation as part of your study on immigration to the francophone and Acadian communities. In preparing our presentation, we revisited the discussions that took place in this committee during a

Official Languages committee  It was recently explained to us that these positions included, among other things, information technology positions. I suppose we could call them corporate services. These employees were transferred out of official languages and into other services.

Official Languages committee  The book translation fund should be reviewed and improved in order to truly meet the needs of francophone editors.

Official Languages committee  The contribution amounts are not known.

Official Languages committee  You must also recall that the act stipulates that Canadian Heritage, Justice Canada and Treasury Board are all on the same footing. So we cannot ask any one of these departments to coordinate an agreement or be the supreme authority in that regard.

Official Languages committee  As a matter of fact, that position used to exist.

Official Languages committee  Very early on in its term.