Official Languages committee  However, he still has not received the funding for his project.

Official Languages committee  That's why there is the service standard issue, and I go back to Mr. Galipeau's comment. You're supposed to, within 30 days or within 60 days.... I think the service standard issue is important. If you get confirmation of a project in June, then within 30 days you should be able

Official Languages committee  We never have money on the 31st.

Official Languages committee  Oh really?

Official Languages committee  I think that we need to rethink the cycle based on solutions, so that we can act more strategically. Even the smallest of organizations in Quebec has to work in a complicated environment. The organization is serving the community, whether it be in the Outaouais or in Rouyn-Norand

Official Languages committee  No. In our case there were lots of different reasons, but I understand very well how it is complicated to get big cheques out. I understand that, but I have to say that small organizations and big organizations all over sometimes close. I think it's important to say that it's alm

Official Languages committee  I simply wanted to point out that we are getting prepared to be less prepared, if I can put it that way. We know that there will be no money available before the middle of the summer, because that has been the tradition and, this year, it has been even worse. It is a good time to

Official Languages committee  This issue is absolutely essential. The perverse effect of these applications for the Department of Canadian Heritage or other departments is that we do not have the time to diversify elsewhere. While we're writing reports and writing applications...and I think the reports are t

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, and I think what's important for the English-speaking community is that our efforts to diversify have not been as successful in some organizations as in others. In the English-speaking community, some of the organizations have not been able to tap into provincial fun

Official Languages committee  I can only speak right now for myself in terms of salaries. The QCGN organization itself has seven in good times, seven full-time equivalents, people working full-time, and I have to tell you that I'm not unlike Mrs. Stronach in this area. Two weeks ago if we hadn't had the chequ

Official Languages committee  Beyond the practical aspect of the use of our lines of credit and credit cards, I believe in the notion of longer term strategic effects and results. You should not overlook the fact that, when we put forward a one-year project and are told that we can start activities every six

Official Languages committee  May I add another situation? I don't know if it's comparable to that of the FCFA. In Quebec, because we are one province, while we are a national minority contributing to policy across Canada, there has been up until relatively recently, in the last year or so, little considerati

Official Languages committee  Yes. Monsieur Rodriguez mentioned health. With the action plan there was quite an investment in health in Quebec. It's not rosy, but it's a little bit better. Employment is a major, major issue in Quebec--employment in the federal civil service, which is not high enough, and

Official Languages committee  I don't think I have a choice but to answer at least part of that question. With respect to my nomination as a member of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française, I have been nominated as a Quebecker, as an independent person--we are meeting tomorrow, in fact--and as a perso

Official Languages committee  To answer your question about how there hasn't been a one-size-fits-all or how it hasn't worked in Quebec, I think one has to look at the investment in English-speaking communities of Quebec of the action plan on official languages in 2003, which, relative to other sectors, was q