Official Languages committee  I definitely want to add to what Mr. Buck said. Federal government investments are currently achieving great results. We emphasized their economic impact in our communities: $100 million, 4,000 jobs and 20,000 businesses supported. I think we have to preserve that funding for ne

Official Languages committee  I would like to go back to the way the Government of Canada could provide more support for development. We essentially work with three or four federal government departments, such as ESDC—

Official Languages committee  Less so with Canadian Heritage because it operates more in the cultural field. We also work with Industry Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada. However, many more departments and agencies in the federal government as a whole work in economic development. There are at le

Official Languages committee  The definition of a francophone business varies with the people we talk to. However, four important parameters should be considered. The first parameter is territory. A business located in Caraquet, on the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick, will obviously be a francophone busin

Official Languages committee  I think we could definitely involve researchers such as the people from the Conference Board of Canada. They have already prepared a study demonstrating the value added of linguistic duality in Canada. I think we should try to rely on that kind of study to prove, as Mr. Buck said

Official Languages committee  That is correct. We have to ask our clients the questions to determine what they need. We have to be an intermediary. We are going to gather a great deal of information, but we need boil it down to a few strategic actions. We need a maximum of three or four strategic actions.

Official Languages committee  No, we do not provide any money at all.

Official Languages committee  No that comes directly from the government.

Official Languages committee  Yes. The money comes directly from the government or governments for accountability reasons. It is the government that invests money, not us. We do not transfer any money at all to our member organizations.

Official Languages committee  That is what has to be done. I would like to provide a little more clarification on the Canadian Plan for Economic Development of OLMC, which we are in the process of developing. In fact, the 1,200 respondents from the private sector, business community and the communities will

Official Languages committee  Yes, it belongs to it, but we do not provide funding to that organization.

Official Languages committee  I was executive director of the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse for 10 years and acted as representative of the Acadian and francophone community of that province. I can tell you that the private sector is a factor in the vitality of the francophone community in those

Official Languages committee  We have lost less since the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities, which finances our network, was extended under the roadmap. So no programs have met with that fate for the moment. However, we are waiting to hear what will happen to certain programs. For exam

Official Languages committee  I will be. Thank you for your question, Mr. Gourde. About a year and a half ago, I attended the Montreal Conference, a major international economic forum that was extremely important for our country. It was attended by the presidents of major banks and representatives of organi

Official Languages committee  Yes, I could not speak for the QCGN, since it is more on the anglophone side—