In 2013.
Evidence of meeting #42 for Official Languages in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was yukon.
Evidence of meeting #42 for Official Languages in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was yukon.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
In 2013.
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Liberal
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
We don't yet have it on our website, but it's a public—
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
It's on the federal government website. We submitted the document in late March. It's being reviewed by the financial services of Canadian Heritage. I don't know whether there will be any other questions. That's why we haven't yet made it public. It's coming. I can ask if I can submit it to you.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
In the documents submitted to you, you should check the documents relating to the agreements.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Yes, I know there are documents relating to that, but I'd like to see the document itself.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
I'll enquire about it and bring it to you, as my office isn't far away.
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Conservative
February 7th, 2011 / 9:25 a.m.
Bloc
Monique Guay Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for coming in such great numbers to meet with us and to inform us about what is happening in the francophone community in Whitehorse. I have a lot of questions to ask. So I'll start right away and come back later on.
You said that 82% of francophones live in Whitehorse. How many individuals does that represent?
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
I don't have the—
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Bloc
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
It varies. Sometimes it's 25,000, sometimes 28,000. I don't know.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
That's correct. There are approximately 34,000 inhabitants spread across the territory as a whole, among Dawson, Mayo, Watson Lake and all the other places.
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Bloc
Monique Guay Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
The majority are concentrated here.
You said that 82% of francophones live in Whitehorse. That means approximately how many francophones in Whitehorse?
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Janet Moodie Deputy Minister and Cabinet Secretary, Executive Council Office, Government of Yukon
I would say about 1,000 or 1,200.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
As I said, it's about 1,245 persons.
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Bloc
Monique Guay Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
It's important for us to have figures because that gives us an idea of the evaluation.
You also say that 11% of residents speak French.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
Indeed. Approximately 3,545 persons can speak both languages.
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Bloc
Monique Guay Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Do you offer services in French in all areas, at Passport Canada, among others? I also saw that you're having problems offering health services in French.
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Director, French Language Services Directorate, Government of Yukon
I could hand over to Mr. Living, who represents the Department of Health.
Passports are more a federal matter. As for health, health services used to be provided by the federal government. As no agreement had been reached with Canada, there was no money when the services were transferred to the Government of Yukon.
We've done everything since 1997. We've met with representatives of Canadian Heritage and Health Canada. We consulted the community. We prepared a lot of implementation plans. In spite of that, we have had no success on the funding end.