Official Languages committee  I have a similar answer in that I think it would be important to consult with the communities and all the other organizations that are involved to see where they would want to go with respect to the challenges they have in economic development and how we could best serve them thr

Official Languages committee  I'll actually turn that question over to my colleague, if you don't mind.

Official Languages committee  We actually target more than just science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We also have a number of other programs that we deliver like the EDI program under the road map. We have the community futures development corporations program, which provides assistance to commu

Official Languages committee  I would not say that we focus on tourism directly, but several of our projects support tourism indirectly. I'll give you a couple of examples, particularly in the economic development initiative program that we deliver. I mentioned that we have three strategic projects in plac

Official Languages committee  Probably the most key program we have is our YSTEM program—youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—where we work with not-for-profit organizations and enter into partnerships with them. The whole idea is that we're trying to raise awareness and get kids engaged

Official Languages committee  Okay.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I can do that. Regional agencies have essentially the same goal and the same mission. But our programs are possibly a little different. I think that depending on what's going on in the region, and on the circumstances and challenges and opportunities, we tailor our program

Official Languages committee  That is a very good question. We do a substantive amount of due diligence with respect to each of our projects. One of the things we do is to use a bit of a filter or a tool to try to assess the impact of those projects on official language minority communities, particularly whe

Official Languages committee  I would not say that we give points, but we do consider those things when we are looking at people's proposals. Of course with aboriginals we have to take into account duty to consult and those sorts of things. But absolutely, we will look at groups like aboriginals as well when

Official Languages committee  There are about 200.

Official Languages committee  They are bilingual based on the definition—

Official Languages committee  They have the BBB level.

Official Languages committee  Some employees have the CBC level and others have the BBB level.

Official Languages committee  That's right.

Official Languages committee  That's a good question.