Official Languages committee  In fact, as was mentioned earlier, Canadian Heritage listens closely to us. With regard to results, once the department receives the application, we have no clue because we are not part of the machine. How many people need to go over it, how many people need to sign it between th

Official Languages committee  The departments are not allowed to disclose the status of a file.

Official Languages committee  It is information that we were given.

Official Languages committee  Verbal.

Official Languages committee  They are no longer allowed to tell us the stage the application has reached in the process.

Official Languages committee  We work with various departments and it is very important for them and for our communities, needless to say, that we work jointly and in optimum fashion when there is a staff turnover of 60%, 65% or 68%.

Official Languages committee  Indeed, it is very difficult.

Official Languages committee  Indeed. Some of our member organizations submitted computer-related projects to provide services to the public. Among other things, there was a project to renew the websites and make them more interactive. Unfortunately, it took so long to confirm the funding and the budgets were

Official Languages committee  As far as governance is concerned, the FCFA is very open to the idea of meeting with Heritage officials. Better yet, why wouldn't the Privy Council not coordinate all the programs which are delivered to minority official language communities? This certainly calls for an overall p

Official Languages committee  Of course, we have to produce reports for the department, but I am very pleased to say that under the 2009-2011 contribution arrangement, we have to submit one less report in the course of the year. This has already made a huge difference in terms of reducing our paperwork. So, c

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely.

Official Languages committee  I simply wanted to mention two things. First, concerning the structure, I would say that the fact there is both programming and projects can be problematic, because it has been years since there was an increase in what is usually called program spending, that is spending which ba

Official Languages committee  It is also important to examine the whole issue of governance between regional offices that come under an assistant deputy minister who is different from the assistant deputy minister responsible for national files at the OLSPB, the Official Languages Support Programs Branch. Mo

Official Languages committee  I'd like to point out that there are also Industry Canada, Health Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Human Resources—

Official Languages committee  It's Industry Canada that was involved. It was for the La Nuit sur l'étang concerts, an event that is held in Sudbury every year. It attracts a lot of people and represents a very significant economic and social contribution. The application was filed in February 2008, the event