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Official Languages committee CNPF has members that represent the provinces and the three territories. Every province or territory is a member. These are parents associations that conduct research in their province that come and tell us what's going on. I believe Adèle could add something on that point. I ca
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee Yes, we have a relationship with Canadian Parents for French because—
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee We nevertheless have something in common: we want our children to be bilingual citizens and to experience Canada's linguistic duality. We collaborate. We have made announcements together to define the difference between immersion schools and French-language schools and the idea o
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee The ultimate goal would be to have francophone children. We want them to live in a francophone community. That's not the goal of immersion programs; it's more to have French as a second language. That being said, we collaborate.
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee No, unfortunately, that's not the same network. Immersion is a program that was created by anglophones to learn a second language. For us, French is a right. Attending a French-language school is a right that we have. We have that identity. It belongs to us, which makes us right
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee It's difficult to tell you what we share. The teachers there are francophones. We have things in common, but that depends on the provinces. There are public speaking competitions in which immersion students and francophones take part together across the province. Apart from that,
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee If there were no more Radio-Canada, some communities would never have francophone culture in their homes. It's very important for us to have access to French-language radio and television programs. It should not be cut because we know that, when funding is cut, it's francophones
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee I can answer your question in part, Mr. Pilon, but the Société Santé en français could probably answer it better than I. At our childhood and family service centres, we advocate offering health care services in French, of course. I can speak on my own behalf. I've lived in four
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee Now I'm prime minister. That's fantastic. In my mind, little children are the citizens of tomorrow. If we want Canada to be bilingual, we have to take care of early childhood, establish early childhood or childhood centres. The idea, in a way, is to take care of future taxpayers
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee I don't think we should forget that territory. One of the members of the Commission nationale des parents francophones represents the francophones of Nunavut at every one of our meetings. They happen; we have them. So we have to continue in that vein. Otherwise, if we forget them
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee No, but they're related, most of the time. You'll find an early childhood centre at a community centre because that's the heart of the francophone community. However, it's not always the distinguishing feature. Some people have opened their community school centre for the communi
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee As I said in my presentation, if we invest $1 in early childhood right now, that is to say while the mother is pregnant, we will save $8 in the long run. That would be a major investment because our children are the citizens of tomorrow.
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee I'm going to preach for francophone parents. We are in favour of childhood and family centres that would be attached to our francophone schools or located nearby. We would like them to be multisectoral. We don't just want child care services; we want more than that. We would like
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee Was one of your parents francophone and the other anglophone?
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon
Official Languages committee That's fantastic; both your parents spoke French at home. If there are services for a family expecting a baby, we know we'll go after the francophone parents and rights holders. In fact, if there are no services, we lose them because they turn to English-language services. They
December 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Ghislaine Pilon