Official Languages committee  Throughout Montreal...?

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  In terms of culture, I know that QAHN has availed itself of some funding. I'm not sure if the Quebec Drama Federation and its members have been able to avail themselves of some funding, but as far as I know, I'm not aware of any other groups that get funding for culture through the road map.

Official Languages committee  Yes, they are. There are people in the community who recognize that. Again, I can only talk from the black community's experiences. In terms of culture, other than the kinds of events that come from groups like Playmas or our youth hip-hop groups, dance groups, steelpan, etc., one thing we can't or don't promote, because we're unable to, is black heritage in Canada, because it's not recognized at all.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it did.

Official Languages committee  Well, as far as I know—

Official Languages committee  Now, officially, according to Stats Canada, from the last census, it's approximately 169,000; however, we figure it's probably closer to 220,000 because that really depends on how people are counted.

Official Languages committee  Yes, and BCRC is involved in QCGN from the top, so the president of our board is actually on the board of QCGN. The executive director, Akute Azu, is on the executive director's committee of QCGN, and many times we have given QCGN our staff to work on committees to have some kind of inroad or impact within the English-speaking black community.

Official Languages committee  Actually there are 10 areas, 10 sectors, if you will: education, health and environment, employability and training, justice, organizational support and development, heritage and history, arts and culture, research, volunteerism, and communication. Every single sector is elaborated according to its objectives, its advocacy and policy issues, organizational partners we want to bring in to help us achieve our goal, project partners we may already have on board, and potential financial resources to help us in these sectors.

Official Languages committee  Oh no. Certainly not all of them, no.

Official Languages committee  Looking well into the future.... That seems to be one of the real nubs in our community. It is one of the things that generates a lot of questions and helps to accentuate marginalization, particularly of the English-speaking black community, which we serve at BCRC. I don't really think you would need more funding.

Official Languages committee  In a given year, I would say in that black binder, we probably have maybe 8,000 people come through our door.

Official Languages committee  Yes, but that's because they are coming for very specific—they are not card-carrying members; that's what I mean.

Official Languages committee  No, it has nothing to do with that. One of the corollaries of 9/11 and the federal government's response at the time was a change in charitable status and the way in which people apply. The grandfather clause applies for groups that already had the status, but new groups can no longer....

Official Languages committee  Wow! Well, it's on many different levels. What is success for us would be—