Official Languages committee  We had discussions with several departments. Indeed, there are amounts, called A-base budgets, core funding for the departments, for which we have no details. We cannot arrive at an accurate assessment. We do not know what the new funding levels are. There are some interesting t

Official Languages committee  If I may, I can give you a partial answer. We tried to discuss this with the regional people, with Veterans Affairs in Montreal. They were not at the discussion table for this transfer. So we are trying to reach people in headquarters in Charlottetown to have more information. Bu

Official Languages committee  If I am not mistaken, you mean the horizontal coordination done by Heritage Canada pursuant to part VII of the act which covers all federal institutions. We had very good discussions with Heritage Canada and we know the department is doing some good core work.

Official Languages committee  There is horizontal coordination, but each department is also responsible for each component. What I mean by that, is that several departments have excellent ideas, wonderful things they wish to accomplish, and they do so in an isolated manner, each on their own. Heritage Canada'

Official Languages committee  Yes. Horizontal management is probably the most efficient way. Indeed, ideally, we would have a group that could work on all the initiatives undertaken by the approximately 200 federal institutions.

Official Languages committee  Indeed, as Mr. Fraser said, there was no clear indication that money was included in the roadmap. We were told afterwards that money had been earmarked for it by the departments. However, we don't have access to those numbers. And so, we see a roadmap that doesn't give any more

Official Languages committee  We basically studied the entire report, but there was not enough information to give us a very clear picture. If we wanted more information, we would have to do our own research. That is what we took from the report.

Official Languages committee  In fact, we appeal to everyone internally and even externally, for study proposals. We can collect about 20 or 30 ideas for very interesting studies. We filter these ideas, which is in fact a framework for the studies. After that, there may be about 10 left. Obviously, since we d

Official Languages committee  Two or three weeks ago, we sent the chair a copy of the follow-up on the recommendations in the past three years. Obviously, it is too early to do a follow-up. Getting a reaction takes some time.

Official Languages committee  We sent it to your office.

Official Languages committee  We keep it current by adding updates from time to time. We will check if an update has been made recently. If not, we will do one and send you the information.

Official Languages committee  Not really, because we haven't really looked into that aspect. We would have to conduct some research in order to answer you.

Official Languages committee  Certainly.

Official Languages committee  As regards the recommendation made to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, we are in talks with the department to clarify what we want and so on. This is something we are working on now. It is in progress and it is still too early to say whether we will get

Official Languages committee  In fact, I got phone calls every week and held meetings with people who wanted to discuss similar topics. We exercised leadership. We spoke to people at the highest levels. We found ways to exercise influence, whether it be over other institutions or over our colleagues internall