Justice committee  Thank you for your question. My answer also applies to the previous question asked by your colleague. As I mentioned earlier, we have access to a $40-million fund to be spread over five years, which translates to an annual budget of approximately $8 million. Some years, the fund

Justice committee  It is called the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund, a fund paid for under the roadmap. We are now in the third generation of the roadmap, following the first one from 2003 to 2008 and the next from 2008 to 2013. We are now wrapping up the first year of the

Justice committee  Yes. I will make one last comment. The contravention fund is really there to support measures such as the hiring of bilingual judicial and extrajudicial court personnel, language training, bilingual signage, and documentation, etc. This completes my presentation. Obviously I

Justice committee  Thank you, Renée. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, first off, I think it is important to note that on May 27, 2013, around 10 months ago, I appeared before this committee with my colleague Ms. Soublière. We provided an overview of the administrative

Justice committee  First will be Renée Soublière, my colleague. She will start the presentation. Then it will be Mr. Doyle. I'll do the third presentation.

Justice committee  Am I understanding that you are talking about the funds for the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund?

Justice committee  From 2008 to 2013, $40 million was allocated. From 2013 to 2018, I believe that $39 million has been allocated.

Justice committee  Over the next five years, $40 million more will be allocated. This amount will be spread out over five years. Of course it is not for each year. Does that answer your question?

Justice committee  No, $40 million has been allocated since 2008. Is it the same amount from 2003 to 2008?

Justice committee  The amount allocated in 2003 of the Official Languages Action Plan, now called the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality, was $21 million. A few years later, this amount was increased and $19 million more was granted in order to include legal terminology training for the vario

Justice committee  We do not have such statistics. As far as we know, very few provinces gather such statistics. However, since the implementation is carried out by the provinces, both by the crown prosecutors and by the organization and administration of the courts, if such statistics exist, you w

Justice committee  To my knowledge, that does not fall under our program. Mr. Doyle could perhaps provide you with information on that subject.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Are you asking if the amounts allocated to the fund have increased?

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Doyle. Good afternoon Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen and members of the committee. My name is Michel Francoeur and I am the Director and General Counsel of the Office of Francophonie, Justice and Official Languages and Legal Dualism. I also supervise the lawyers