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Official Languages committee  Oh, it's 10%, $115 million. That's a big whack of money to a service that serves both languages across this country. I wish it were different; I wish the government would change that. I know that in the final passing of the budget they may let up on some of those things. That

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  For our minority communities in Quebec, I think CBC radio is essential. As a listener to Radio-Canada and CBC for the past two or three years of my life...I know that people depend on it more than ever. I guess you reach a point in time when you want to hear more about the news o

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  There is no differential funding for us to teach more than the core French second language program. That is not enough for our parents. They are at our doors all the time. They are always after us. They regularly rattle the cage. They want more for their children. They don't wa

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  I was talking about automatism.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  Social harmony in Quebec depends on our ability to make our students bilingual, and this will always be the case. We must never stop trying.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  People who react naturally in one language or the other develop patterns of speech. It's not a search for their words or—

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  It's a sad indictment of the anglophone community that it's gotten off its butt and tried to learn to speak French, not just to speak French but to function in French.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  We live with that.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  Let me start by saying that I was one who didn't want that, because we offered French and English education in a Protestant milieu. All those who said they were Protestant got through the door. So we had a 50-50 system of French schools and English schools, and I loved it. On t

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  Certainly the whole area of special education is depleting our reserves. We have more and more needs in our schools in terms of psycho-educators, psychologists, and behaviourists to help out in the classroom at the resource level. We don't have to worry about class size in the o

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  You'll notice that having children is being put off to a later date. Childbirth is not a number one priority for young married couples or couples that get together. Certainly the language issue is a big challenge for us to produce bilingual graduates, and it takes a lot of mone

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, yes, we do want the program to continue.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  I can't tell you if we're getting every bit of it that reaches our schools. That's what I'm telling you. David.

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust

Official Languages committee  Perhaps I'll speak and my colleagues will join me. You're quite right. My experience and education go back to 1967, when I first became a teacher. I must tell you, I was an associate deputy minister and also saw some of the spending of this money. Years ago, my elected minister

April 3rd, 2012Committee meeting

David D'Aoust