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Official Languages committee No. That would have helped a little more, but not enormously.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee At the end of every fiscal year, we prepare a report on our activities. Of course, management is part of the government. It isn't an entirely independent office. We wouldn't be able to make those kinds of recommendations because we would be virtually in conflict of interest. In the evaluations, we discuss issues, we prepare a report and we have a committee of deputy ministers to discuss French-language services.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee I can't answer that question.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee That's definitely something we can discuss in our internal committee. I'm even going to put that issue on the agenda.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee No, because—
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee Very, very well. The Centre de la francophonie organizes a lot of activities for the francophone community. There are coffee clubs on Fridays. The centre is very, very active.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee Yes. We say that Yukon accepts English and French as the official languages, but the act does not concern the official languages.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee Pardon me?
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee That wouldn't have enabled us to do everything, but—
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee Starting in 2009.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee I wasn't there. However, we received $1 million for each year of a four-year agreement, so $4 million. Since then, funding has increased to $1.75 million under the new 2009-2013 agreement.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais
Official Languages committee That is to say that—
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Francine Blais