In Sherbrooke?
Evidence of meeting #17 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was immigrants.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #17 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was immigrants.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Director of Health sciences, La Cité Collégiale
In fact, they are in contact with Sherbrooke and they have video conferences about three hours a week. The rest of the courses for the most part are given in Moncton. So there is a sharing of information between the University of Sherbrooke and the University of Moncton in this regard.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Guy Lauzon
Thank you Ms. Brunelle and Ms. Cloutier.
Mr. Godin, you may ask the next question.
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NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Brunelle's question is an important one because I do know that the Constitution provides that health care comes under provincial jurisdiction. I don't have a problem with that.
Is the province of Ontario against these agreements with the federal government?
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President, La Cité Collégiale
Yes. Its representatives are perfectly aware of it. The minister is perfectly aware of it and he thinks this is a very good initiative.
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President, La Cité Collégiale
There have been no negative reactions from that side.
As a matter of fact, we were allowed to increase our quota of dental hygienists, because we received additional funding.
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NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
This is a partnership between the federal government, the province and the college?
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NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
What I mean is: this is not a partnership with the province, but the province agrees to it.
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President, La Cité Collégiale
Absolutely. We've had no problem. People are perfectly aware of it.
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NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
It's up to Ontario to decide, just as Quebec makes its own decisions.
Is there greater demand for the training you provide, or do the courses you provide satisfy the demand?
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President, La Cité Collégiale
Not only is there greater demand, but there are sectors of programming that are absolutely non-existent in French in certain provinces.
Let me give you the example of some new programs that were developed, such as radiation oncology, which did not exist in French. With the launch of this program the University of Ottawa next September will be a first.
The demand is much greater than our capacity to respond to it right now. In some provinces outside Quebec, there are some programs that absolutely do not exist in French. The further you get from Ottawa, the fewer programs there are.
9:55 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Guy Lauzon
Thank you, Ms. Lortie.
Mr. Simard would like to ask a very important and very brief question, please.
October 24th, 2006 / 9:55 a.m.
Liberal
Raymond Simard Liberal Saint Boniface, MB
It's not necessarily very important.
I apologize for having missed your presentation, Madam. I simply wanted to know one thing regarding follow-up of your graduates. Do you provide some follow-up? For example, do you know if people go back home? Unlike Ms. Barbot, I am wondering whether we are losing young people who decide to settle in Quebec?
I imagine that Quebec also needs well-educated people who speak both official languages. Are you aware of the needs throughout the country? For example, if Saskatchewan needs doctors, is any attempt made to help graduates get in contact with employers there, or vice-versa?
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President, La Cité Collégiale
First of all, the current follow-up is not at all satisfactory. That's why it will be a critical part of the third phase. With regard to the Cité collégiale, the Government of Ontario compels us to do a follow-up of our graduates six months after they receive their diplomas. A provincial firm, hired by the government, phones our graduates. We provide the lists.
When we ask them if they were working, we do not try to find out whether they went back to the place they came from. We simply try to find out whether they have a job in a field related to their studies. For my part, this work isn't being done and it has to be.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Guy Lauzon
I thank Ms. Lortie and Ms. Cloutier for their presentation. I see that the minister has arrived. We will adjourn the meeting for two minutes and then continue with the minister.
10 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Guy Lauzon
May I have your attention please; we will resume our hearing.
I'd like to welcome Mr. Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
Welcome to Minister Monte Solberg, Minister of Immigration, and Mr. Daniel Jean.
Welcome, Mr. Jean.
The minister has a presentation that I believe you have in front of you. The minister will give us a brief presentation, followed by a first round of questions of about seven minutes, and we'll continue after that.
Thank you very much for coming, Mr. Minister. You can start your presentation at your leisure.