Official Languages committee  I feel that Radio-Canada is still vital for our communities. It has just celebrated its 75 th anniversary. In a way, it is an information tool that gives communities a voice.

Official Languages committee  No, not to my knowledge. We were consulted right at the start when the roadmap was being workshopped and when Bernard Lord was going round all the provinces, I think. To my knowledge, that is the only time when we had a meeting like that at which we could express our interest and set out some milestones.

Official Languages committee  One of the challenges our organizations are faced with is health services in French. The roadmap has helped us set up programs, especially since we have an aging population. There is also another aspect. We are receiving more and more unilingual francophone immigrants, including a very large proportion of refugees.

Official Languages committee  Okay then, as long as you let me dive right in. Thank you very much for your question. We pointed this out in our presentation. The roadmap is a broad concept, and I also think that it is not very well known on the ground. It is usually done at the national level and it goes directly to the interested organizations, to provincial organizations.