Official Languages committee  I would say, though, it's probably a little bit higher for Québécois to come to Ontario. A lot of Québécois shop at my store, and they say that. They come because there is a Walmart. They come because there's more to offer. I've discovered that in a 50-kilometre radius, 17 out of

Official Languages committee  We basically volunteer our time to translate things that come to us. So again, as an oblivious business owner, I find it more important to help out my chamber of commerce by translating. Other members also offer their services to translate things. But one of our recommendations i

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I realize that. I know. But by tripling, I've had no time. I'm a single mother. I have to do what I have to do. But I do participate in my chamber of commerce. I do participate in the BIA. I try to be aware of those things first. Yes, I should be aware—I totally agree—but I'm t

Official Languages committee  I'm fairly new at this. I can't say I'm aware of all of those tax breaks. If there are tax breaks, I haven't felt them yet. But I offer an area—

Official Languages committee  Sorry?

Official Languages committee  I don't know what's out there and when I start looking and start asking, I find the bigger businesses know what's available. They won't share it with me, because they want to keep that to themselves. A francophone in a downtown that's mainly English—it's a misconception there a

Official Languages committee  To estimate how many...?

Official Languages committee  As a leader myself, I bought a 17-year-old business. Three of the previous owners were bilingual. They pretty much sustained their business for 16 years by just doing what the previous owner did. I come in and I blow it out of the water. I triple it in size and I bring in more bu

Official Languages committee  We are fortunate to have local educational institutions working to help create more bilingual residents, with some primary schools and high schools offering French immersion streams to help children who learn English as their first language also learn the French language before t