Official Languages committee  Radio-Canada is obviously a very important institution for francophone minorities and communities across Canada. It's one way to bring them together, to provide them with information and cultural experiences that are available nowhere else.

Official Languages committee  Well, as I indicated, our role within the existing roadmap has been quite limited. The post-secondary section is relatively modest. There was one particular program that was important, for which we found support, but overall, the support for post-secondary, including the universi

Official Languages committee  If I were prime minister, I would nevertheless promote student mobility in Canada, the mobility of francophone students among the francophone communities of Quebec and the rest of Canada, and the mobility of immersion school graduates and francophile students. That would afford t

Official Languages committee  I agree. In fact, I believe the best way to enter the public service truly bilingual is not to introduce French second-language courses for public servants who are already employed by the government, but rather to ensure that postsecondary institutions prepare bilingual graduate

Official Languages committee  It's a new program that we are developing and we are planning exchange programs between the francophone universities in Quebec and the universities of our association in Ontario and New Brunswick. The basic concept involves students spending one or two semesters at another instit

Official Languages committee  Yes, indeed.

Official Languages committee  I don't think it's necessary to establish those kinds of partnerships with anglophone universities. In general, our institutions offer English second-language programs for francophones. I believe we could develop that capability at our francophone institutions instead.

Official Languages committee  I think that's an interesting perspective.

Official Languages committee  Every institution proceeds in its own way, individually. In the case of my institution, we have a whole series of contracts with the public service to prepare public servants, particularly in the Toronto region. I believe it's the same model that is used virtually across the coun

Official Languages committee  We're preparing a bursary project for immersion students so that they can study at our institutions. For them, that often means they have to travel to another city because we only have 13 members. So the bursaries will cover travel expenses and the expenses involved in living in

Official Languages committee  No, but this is a project we are currently submitting to Canadian Heritage.

Official Languages committee  They represent approximately 7% of students at our institutions. That's not very high. We would like that number to be higher. We have the capacity to accept more international students. In general, the classes at our institutions are not enormous. There is an opportunity to acc

Official Languages committee  Indeed. We would like to take in more graduates from immersion school programs who could further develop their French. Once in Ottawa, they would be able to take on bilingual duties. I think it is distinctly more effective to make them bilingual before they enter the public servi

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.