Official Languages committee  That is our day-to-day reality. In fact, we just talked about it before coming here today. It has a tremendous impact. We are a team of eight people, and as soon as we are short one person, it becomes quite challenging to meet our objectives—do our work with the organizations an

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Yes, and in some cases, it's even worse. Under the new roadmap, early childhood education was excluded as an issue of national interest because it was decided that it fell solely in the provincial domain. So that's $4 million.

Official Languages committee  It's the infrastructure.

Official Languages committee  Immigrants are another consideration.

Official Languages committee  Schools are another dimension of that. There are appealing high schools that offer good sports programs, for example—gymnasiums and so forth. The students who attend them transition from elementary school to high school in French, not English. It's the same for post-secondary edu

Official Languages committee  Actually, the last time, we were thrilled because the FCFA was consulted on the development of the indicators for evaluation and on the evaluation method. This time, however, there was no consultation.

Official Languages committee  I would add two departments, as far as that matter goes. When it comes to Treasury Board, it would be wonderful if you could make sure that all of its policies took the Official Languages Act into account, which is not currently the case. The program evaluation policy is complet

Official Languages committee  I applaud you for raising the language issues as they were one of the FCFA's concerns during the last census. As regards the exercise in 2021, it's clear that we need a post-census survey, something that was done a number of years ago. That's information that we are sorely lacki

Official Languages committee  At the beginning of October, the FCFA was informed that the roadmap evaluation process was getting under way. The evaluation method had already been decided. A request for proposals was posted on MERX, and we weren't at all consulted. We asked the Department of Canadian Heritage

Official Languages committee  Immigration-wise, the needs are tremendous. First, we need to be able to administer French language testing, which not all communities are. And the cost to access that testing needs to be reasonable, which isn't the case. As things stand, immigrants to Newfoundland and Labrador w

Official Languages committee  You will notice that Manitoba and central southwestern Ontario are the most equipped in terms of French-language services. You will also see where all the settlement service gaps are.

Official Languages committee  You would have to ask the department for that information.

Official Languages committee  This is what I would say in 45 seconds: immigration, immigration, immigration. The community component is another issue, because the community-building programs currently offered are not meeting the needs. I could elaborate, if you like.

Official Languages committee  I have something to add since you asked about useful practices or positive experiences. Communities have really come together. Whole parishes, towns and families have joined forces to help Syrian refugees. Only St. Boniface has French-language centres to assist Syrian refugees w