Official Languages committee  We work with several groups in Alberta and elsewhere in the west as well. This is important. There are so many services being sold in Fort McMurray, for example, that come from other provinces such as Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia. We are working with a number of gr

Official Languages committee  Here's a contribution we can make to entrepreneurs looking to supply goods and services in this economic system in western Canada. We have organizations that can help these other entrepreneurs, in French, in western Canada. That's the contribution we can make. Perhaps we should c

Official Languages committee  We work in very close cooperation with those organizations, which are an integral part of our service network in the west. We were already talking about those people. We knew that they had a lot of skills and competencies. That added an important component. It wouldn't have been

Official Languages committee  Thank you. If there were ever a second component, we would continue the activities consistent with our mandate, which is the economic development and diversification of western Canada. I believe we would do that based on the successes we are currently having. We would of course

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for the question. In a moment, I'll turn to my colleague, Mr. Meddings, who will talk a bit about some of the multiplier effects. One of the things we do at WD in all of our investments is try to actually get much better leverage. In other words, it's not ju

Official Languages committee  We'll give you a warm welcome.

Official Languages committee  Definitely. With your permission, I will ask my colleagues to cite the example of Centralia in a minute. Official languages are an enormous asset. Canada's presence is much more strongly felt in international markets when we are able to speak with our business partners in the la

Official Languages committee  We are in the process of doing it. Of course, the program is not over. We generally wait until the end of the program before conducting the major valuation. However, during the process, we also review what is going on, and we intend soon to complete a review of what has happened

Official Languages committee  We are very closely monitoring every project we carry out. We have conducted a review of each of the projects that have been launched, such as the Olympic Games project, from which we have drawn some very positive conclusions. We were very pleased to see the amount of money deriv

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's fine. When Suncor decides whether to buy its products from South Korea, the United States, Japan, Germany or Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, we want it to decide to buy its products from Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, not South Korea. We will work with any entrepreneur or grou

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. Mobility in Canada is obviously a very serious matter. It is in fact extraordinary to see all the workers who travel from east to west and, in some instances, vice versa. Within the mandate of the Department of Western Economic Diversification, we w

Official Languages committee  There are a number of them, yes.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is my pleasure to appear here today before the committee. I am accompanied by my colleagues, James Meddings, Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategic Direction and the departmental official languages champion, and France Guimond. Ms. Guimond, w

Transport committee  It's an excellent and very important question that I take extraordinarily seriously as a deputy minister. Any MP who asks for any information needs to go through my minister's office. That's an absolute principle, and that's what's happened in these cases where we've been working

Transport committee  I don't mean single digits as a percentage; I mean single digit numbers of projects.