Official Languages committee  We need direct services, in particular, which is a challenge in the regions. In some places, like Labrador City, we recruit a lot of immigrants, but we don't have the resources in place to provide direct services to newcomers. We are joining our efforts with those of the local fr

Official Languages committee  West of Newfoundland. For us, the west coast is Newfoundland, not Vancouver.

Official Languages committee  I would like to come back to the example of emerging communities that we gave in our presentation. Earlier, a member of Parliament asked us about the number of francophones in the province. There is one thing that is remarkable. Between the 2006 and 2011 censuses, the francophon

Official Languages committee  It is the second largest urban centre in the province.

Official Languages committee  Our funding agreements for our various networks never go through the province. This has been the case for the management of community centres, but has not been the case for three, almost four years. Going through the province added an enormous delay. In addition, administrative

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. You know better than anyone, Mr. Samson, that students from a francophone environment going to English-language day cares causes a real problem. It hinders the development of French in the other students in the class, and it drags them down. The more students who do

Official Languages committee  It is essential.

Official Languages committee  It was last year, just before the federal elections.

Official Languages committee  In my experience with Employment and Social Development Canada’s administration in particular, formerly HRSDC, my feeling is that they just do not have the management capacity. I will give you two examples: RDEE and RESDAC. The department is not able to manage all kinds of projec

Official Languages committee  When RESDAC had its funding, we were able to conduct a needs analysis in our communities. So we did a wonderful study that was supposed to be implemented. We had their support in drafting funding applications. The direct service is provided provincially, because it’s in provincia

Official Languages committee  I thought I was here to talk about immigration, actually.

Official Languages committee  That is an evolving situation. We are talking about the roadmaps, specifically the most recent ones. In our presentation, we did not want to go back over 40 years of development. Some things existed beforehand. We still do not have services in French in bilingual medical clinics.

Official Languages committee  This is a very specific situation that the other provinces do not have. Since last year, I have been the co-chair of the health sub-committee that is part of the regional cooperation between Atlantic Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The committee’s mandate is to further th

Official Languages committee  About 6,000.

Official Languages committee  We have early childhood services in French, but they are not enough by a long shot. That is not one of the successes, because a huge amount of work still remains to be done. Currently, there is only one francophone day care in the province and that day care is in St. John’s. Ther