Official Languages committee  In the Yukon, all we do is work.

Official Languages committee  No, no. Actually, the Yukon, and especially Whitehorse, has a very flourishing cultural life, strange as that may seem. For a small community of 25,000 or 26,000 people like ours, there are lots of cultural activities. There are shows all the time in our arts centre, either loca

Official Languages committee  Further ties still need to be established, but we are seeing a change on the part of aboriginal groups. In fact, they recently asked us to collaborate with them on a project to mark National Aboriginal Day, which will be held on June 21. It's a show that a Métis artist from Quebe

Official Languages committee  I would say the reasons are many and vary from person to person. But, clearly, a young person who has always lived and gone to school in Yukon and then leaves to attend the University of Ottawa, for instance, experiences quite a shock. There are more students on the University of

Official Languages committee  We have already started discussions on employment and social development issues with a national group. We proposed a pilot project on official languages to see how things would work in a minority group, what possibilities would exist for co-operation with the government, and what

Official Languages committee  In terms of tourism promotion in French-speaking countries, in France, for example, we are working more and more collaboratively with the territorial government. Our employee in charge of tourism participates in some tourism fairs in the Yukon. We also welcome the media who come

Official Languages committee  Let me give you an example of how just two individuals, two French-speaking immigrants, have achieved a lot of success. The two people met the Association franco-yukonnaise at a Destination Canada fair in Paris. They were entrepreneurs who really wanted to leave France. They sol

Official Languages committee  I will try to explain my understanding of social finance clearly and intelligently. I admit that I am still confused by it. I will give you an example. That will be the best way for me to explain it to you. Let us take employee training in a company. Let us say that the Associat

Official Languages committee  We want to be able to measure that impact. We have not yet managed to do it. The Association franco-yukonnaise employs more than 25 people each year, even more when we have special projects. We have a lot of activities that bring people to our association. We do a lot of work wi

Official Languages committee  As of April 1, we will not have the funds to help someone who wants to set up a business. That is a whole different area. Funds for it are being reduced in the Yukon because fewer and fewer people want to start businesses, given that there are jobs. When we started our employment

Official Languages committee  It is mostly in tourism.

Official Languages committee  At the school that offers a first-language French program, students study English as their first language. In fact, the francophone school prepares them to graduate in both languages. When they graduate from the francophone school, they graduate in both languages. That does not m

Official Languages committee  At this time, I do not know.

Official Languages committee  We have asked the questions, but we only get answers bit by bit. Getting that kind of answer is difficult. They tell us the goal is not to make us go away or reduce our funding, but to encourage private investment. There are two different issues. First, the 58% that we mentioned

Official Languages committee  On average, our association's total budget is $2 million a year, including all sources of funding, and we have about 25 employees. As you have been able to see, we provide a number of services.