Official Languages committee  I will. Thank you.

Official Languages committee  It's partly correct. The website is only in English. It is something about which we have had discussions for a while. We have some challenges in translation when we have people translate a document and somebody else who speaks French reads it and says that it's not necessarily th

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce received funding from FedNor for a rebranding effort when the City of Temiskaming Shores was created. We received funding to put towards website design and rebranding initiatives. On a go-forward basis, having somebody

Official Languages committee  I would suggest that at the government level, whether you're bringing your business plan to the city, to the small business development centre Enterprise Temiskaming, or to something like the South Temiskaming Community Futures Development Corporation, they would absolutely have

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. I think we have a number of businesses. Mining is one of the sectors that does have the ability to communicate. We also have Three H Furniture. They communicate not only in English and French but also in at least one other language that their founders speak. They

Official Languages committee  I think when consumers look at it, they tend to look at the overall pricing. I think gas prices are pretty consistent across. We are much higher than communities two hours south or two hours north. It is a little bit cheaper in Quebec for gas on most days than it is in this area.

Official Languages committee  I think it's really geographically based. It's because we're located where we are. I've heard it described that we have all the shopping you will need, but maybe not all the shopping you will want. So if you're looking for an extremely specialized item, it may not be available fo

Official Languages committee  I think basically they're doing it because we have the shopping capacity. The City of Temiskaming Shores is fortunate in that it's located about two hours from any other large centre, which increases the size of the catchment area for shopping. In northern Ontario—and I grew up

Official Languages committee  So I would think that we do have those people who are anglophone only, but a fewer number would be francophone only.

Official Languages committee  I would say that certainly the need for regulations exists, although the more time required to comply with those regulations, the less time there is to actually contact customers and have the ability to market or make sales. The difficulty is finding that medium middle ground bet

Official Languages committee  Yes. I would think that a limited number of people would speak French only. Most would have a degree of ability to communicate in English. I would think that there would be more people who speak English who are challenged to speak in French.

Official Languages committee  We don't have a special relationship. We do work cooperatively on tourism initiatives. We just finished a Temiskaming lake tour that incorporated the communities surrounding Lake Temiskaming, including those from both the Quebec and the Ontario sides of the border. So we do have

Official Languages committee  I wouldn't think there would be any businesses located in Ontario that spoke only French. I think there would be many businesses whose owners spoke French as their first language and who had learned English as their second language and would be more comfortable communicating in F

Official Languages committee  Perhaps I'll take the question. I believe that the leadership capabilities of the person are both ingrained—you're born with them—and you learn them and are trained in them. I think some businesses succeed and some businesses struggle based on how well they service the needs of

Official Languages committee  The economic situation in south Temiskaming has been consistent and improving over the last several years, and we are fortunate to have an abundance of opportunities for businesses in a variety of sectors, including agriculture, mining, forestry, green energy, government services