Official Languages committee  Absolutely. Several times.

Official Languages committee  We were told that they were working on that issue. I have to say that they recently asked us to sit down with them. However, we have asked them several times already to invite us when they... They are also looking at reducing the paperwork and I have to admit that there has been

Official Languages committee  Sometimes the rationale behind a project is questioned. Questions will be asked about the project itself.

Official Languages committee  Indeed.

Official Languages committee  Generally, yes. The contribution agreement allows for some flexibility in our operations. There are regions where that poses a problem. It is not that the relations are bad, but certain things are imposed on us that are not imposed in another region. So when we get together, we r

Official Languages committee  In Saskatchewan, for example, there is a management committee which studies funding requests that have already been analyzed once by Canadian Heritage. The management committee is comprised of members from the community, including members of the Assemblée communautaire fransaskoi

Official Languages committee  That's correct. Since we often receive the funding late, we will decide not to go ahead with a project, especially when we have not received confirmation and when we are told that if we spend the money, we will be assuming all the risks. Take the example of a one-year project. I

Official Languages committee  I agree with you entirely. I'd like to point out that an application fills a binder. Canadian Heritage has to examine the content of the binder and approve it. Personally, if I go to the bank to get a loan, I'm not asked to provide enough information to fill a binder. I'll spend

Official Languages committee  I agree with you about decentralization, but there again, current governance raises a problem with respect to how to decentralize.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much.

Official Languages committee  I have already done so.

Official Languages committee  It varies from province to province, but you're right to say that in December, we already start submitting draft projects. The programming is done at the end of the calendar year and not at the end of the fiscal year, that is in November. You mustn't forget that there are two env

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  To our knowledge, all contribution agreements have to go through the office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, whether they are submitted by the OLSPB of that department or by regional offices in the provinces and territories, who go directly to the minister's office without g

Official Languages committee  First of all, most applications are submitted to the regions, in the case of the provinces and territories. The Department of Canadian Heritage staff who are there are familiar with the organizations in place and work with them. There are indeed some organizations that present a