Official Languages committee  As you know, we support minority communities. We support them through an agreement we have with the FCFA. So some of the money goes towards that. We also support Destination Canada, an event to promote recruitment. In terms of specific investments, we would have to get back to y

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, in 2008 CIC put in place the “Canadian experience” class, which effectively allows foreign students and temporary foreign workers, who are able to work for at least a year in the case of foreign students, to transition to being permanent residents. Given the prepondera

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. As official languages champion, I am very concerned. We invited all branches of the department to the table for our steering committee meeting. In the past, we focused only on part VII. Now we recognize that the department has a problem and must improve—

Official Languages committee  Yes. That is why we are bringing representatives from human resources and other branches of the department to the steering committee's management table, so that we can get an overview of all issues related to official languages. We need to have discussions and action plans to mee

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I said earlier, we work very closely with the FCFA and with minority communities across the country. As part of our work plan, we cooperate with the RDÉE, since their people work with Human Resources and Skills Development in order to determine specific

Official Languages committee  We are working with the FCFA. Obviously, if our strategic plan changes, we have to discuss those changes with the representatives of the federation. In my opinion, the department has a very good relationship with the FCFA. I met yesterday with Mr. Arnal to discuss the next steps

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  As you know, we have set up a steering committee with the francophone and Acadian communities across the country. Every year at least, at a very high level, we set our priorities for the coming year with all the community representatives. We have set a number of priorities with t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the current immigration process, the provisions concerning consultants begin to apply as soon as an official application has been submitted to the minister. Under the proposed amendment to the legislation, our department would begin looking into the communication between appli

Official Languages committee  I believe we are doing our best to ensure the act is complied with. Partnerships are necessary in the context of a shared jurisdiction with the provinces and territories. I believe that, with the steering committee and the other infrastructure responsible for ensuring that the wo

Official Languages committee  We're talking to it. Our director general of the Quebec Region is holding a forum in order to work with Quebec's anglophone communities and to determine how we can support their efforts. As I said earlier, we're organizing citizenship ceremonies in English in Quebec for that purp

Official Languages committee  To respect the provincial jurisdiction over immigration under the Canada-Quebec Accord, the matter would have to be addressed with the Government of Quebec so as to ensure there is no objection on its part.

Official Languages committee  In our work and consultations with the communities, representatives and networks, we determined that a lot of work remained to be done, even though we've accomplished a lot in five years. I therefore believe that the percentage of francophone immigrants who settled outside Quebec

Official Languages committee  I can check and answer you later.

Official Languages committee  While Quebec officers overseas are entitled, I believe, to official passports, I would defer to my colleagues from DFAIT. They are not, as such, under the jurisdiction of Foreign Affairs in that they are covered by the Canadian mission presence overseas. In terms of the coordina