Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Throughout Montreal...?

Official Languages committee  Well, as far as I know—

Official Languages committee  In terms of culture, I know that QAHN has availed itself of some funding. I'm not sure if the Quebec Drama Federation and its members have been able to avail themselves of some funding, but as far as I know, I'm not aware of any other groups that get funding for culture through t

Official Languages committee  Yes, they are. There are people in the community who recognize that. Again, I can only talk from the black community's experiences. In terms of culture, other than the kinds of events that come from groups like Playmas or our youth hip-hop groups, dance groups, steelpan, etc., on

Official Languages committee  Yes, it did.

Official Languages committee  Now, officially, according to Stats Canada, from the last census, it's approximately 169,000; however, we figure it's probably closer to 220,000 because that really depends on how people are counted.

Official Languages committee  Actually there are 10 areas, 10 sectors, if you will: education, health and environment, employability and training, justice, organizational support and development, heritage and history, arts and culture, research, volunteerism, and communication. Every single sector is elaborat

Official Languages committee  Oh no. Certainly not all of them, no.

Official Languages committee  Yes, and BCRC is involved in QCGN from the top, so the president of our board is actually on the board of QCGN. The executive director, Akute Azu, is on the executive director's committee of QCGN, and many times we have given QCGN our staff to work on committees to have some kind

Official Languages committee  Looking well into the future.... That seems to be one of the real nubs in our community. It is one of the things that generates a lot of questions and helps to accentuate marginalization, particularly of the English-speaking black community, which we serve at BCRC. I don't real

Official Languages committee  No, it has nothing to do with that. One of the corollaries of 9/11 and the federal government's response at the time was a change in charitable status and the way in which people apply. The grandfather clause applies for groups that already had the status, but new groups can no

Official Languages committee  Wow! Well, it's on many different levels. What is success for us would be—

Official Languages committee  Okay, in 20 words or less, if somebody comes into my organization with a particular issue, I would love to be able to sit down with that person and know that we have access to resources that take care of their immediate issue. We ask the person what they are doing, how they are d

Official Languages committee  In our community, that's right. And that's one of the reasons why we need to build strong organizations.