Official Languages committee  Are we talking about a blue-sky idea?

Official Languages committee  Our National Ambassador Youth Forum is made up of 50% francophones and 50% anglophones. These kinds of exchanges are magic. How can we boost this from 30 students to hundreds or thousands of students? I think you're talking about something along those lines. We have to find a way

Official Languages committee  In my experience, if family members arrive here and see that in Canada their children can learn French, English and their mother tongue, they think: "Why not?". It's a major plus. This is a trend that we're seeing more and more. A number of young allophones have registered in imm

Official Languages committee  I think this is an opportunity for an awakening, not just among our youth but among Canadians in general, that there are two founding languages but there are also multiple languages from first nations communities. It is an awakening that francophone minority communities exist, no

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, because they are our future.

Official Languages committee  I am thankful to my mother. In 1978 in Brantford, Ontario, the first French immersion class was instituted. In Brantford, you can't...

Official Languages committee  As I said earlier, young people really have to realize that they can speak French outside the classroom and to people other than their teachers. Again, this is a question of communication. Also, I want to hear fewer and fewer young people in schools ask why they need to learn Fr

Official Languages committee  In my opinion, as I said to Mr. Dion, this represents who we are. It should be part of the celebrations all across Canada, absolutely.

Official Languages committee  I would again say that we have to ask the young people. We also have to present real activities, creative activities that are innovative. I had a bit of an experience in Thunder Bay. I was with a group of bilingual boys in grade 8. They did not want to go to high school. I did a

Official Languages committee  You are asking me what is the difference between the 100th and the 150thanniversary, is that right?

Official Languages committee  First of all, I was born in 1973.

Official Languages committee  No, I am serious. I would say that immigration has changed. Young people's origins and families have changed. The situation continues to change, and it is certainly different from that of 1967. I think that, among youth, social media is a game-changer. Even we don't understand

Official Languages committee  Briefly, it has to be cool.

Official Languages committee  I'm really too old to answer that.

Official Languages committee  However, I can ask young people. Really, quite simply, I would answer that young people have to be asked. There are two organizations here that can ask them, well in advance, what they want to learn about Confederation and our history. Furthermore, prior to that, I think an appr