Official Languages committee  Since it came back to me, I'd like to address the question.

Official Languages committee  I don't want to speak for school divisions, but if you have an English language school that has perhaps 100 students, and the next nearest school might be 50 or 80 kilometres away, the element of even being transported to another school for another program is not necessarily poss

Official Languages committee  —notwithstanding where, and recognizing that there are other challenges in the province in which I live that are quite significant with respect to language.

Official Languages committee  May I respond, Mr. Chair?

Official Languages committee  May I respond, Mr. Chair?

Official Languages committee  You may appreciate that as an English-speaking Quebecker, we feel we're under attack. In different jurisdictions there are debates taking place with respect to the use of the language. Quebec Community Groups Network represents 37 different associations across the province, some

Official Languages committee  Well, if I may, Mr. Chair, recognize that there are barriers, and some of the barriers here.... There's the point that I made with respect to small English language communities that may have 100 students in their school. The potential to be able to teach French as a second lang

Official Languages committee  What we attempted to present was the nature of the English-speaking community as it is. I'm sure you understand that. We are not here to speak on behalf of the educational institutions. As the Quebec Community Groups Network, we represent more than 37 English-speaking organizati

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  From my perspective, one of the challenges is a function of numbers. If you were to hire a science teacher, for example, it would be no different whether it was a science teacher or a math teacher: the money is the same to hire a teacher. Sometimes with learning French as a sec

Official Languages committee  I will speak as an educator, because that's my background. In order to teach French immersion, knowledge of the language is critical, but so is training. You can't just take a francophone from a francophone environment and say, “You are going to teach French immersion”. There ar

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon Mr. Chong, Mr. Godin, Mr. Dion, and members of the committee. I would like to say hello to my former colleagues, Mr. Le Dorze and Ms. Bourbonnais, from the CAIT. The QCGN, the Quebec Community Groups Network, is represented today by Stephen

Official Languages committee  Well, I think the principle of that is very clear with our position, that senior positions be bilingual. Personally, I think Radio-Canada/CBC is truly Canada, so I would like to find a reason why it would not be a bilingual position.

Official Languages committee  It's clear that if there are going to be additional positions, then within the spirit of the law, truly they should be bilingual, as we have stated from the beginning. That's our position.