Evidence of meeting #46 for Official Languages in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was questions.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
René Arseneault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Regardless, we look forward to the development of these hypothetical questions.
I read that the survey on the vitality of official language minorities, which was conducted only once, in 2006, was never repeated because it cost $7.5 million. Earlier, you suggested that funding be provided to acquire data on rights-holders and that this could be done through Canadian Heritage.
Can you elaborate on this?
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Professor Emeritus and Associate Fellow, Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities, As an Individual
It's not an exorbitant cost. I'm speaking more about the analysis of the results. It's one thing to collect data. However, if no one analyzes the data and sends it to the people who work in the field, then the collection will be in vain.
I was the director of the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities. We conducted two surveys, in 2001 and 2006, with approximately $25,000.
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Liberal
René Arseneault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
It was to analyze the data, but the data must be acquired.
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Professor Emeritus and Associate Fellow, Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities, As an Individual
The data is acquired through the census. We analyze the results of the census. We aren't the one who collect the data.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis
Mr. Arseneault, your time is indeed up.
This brings today's meeting to an end.
Mr. Landry, thank you for coming and for contributing to the committee's work. I'm sure we can talk about this again later.
The meeting is adjourned.