Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  Canadian Heritage does not pay the interest charges paid by associations.

Official Languages committee  It is a net loss. I must also say that we can use lines of credit only when we have a letter of confirmation from Canadian Heritage. Otherwise, a bank will not give a not-for-profit organization a line of credit if the funding has not been confirmed by someone.

Official Languages committee  True. I can give you a concrete example. Just before the Acadian World Congress this year, some organizations in Atlantic Canada had not yet received their funding for programming or projects allowing them to take part in that event. They were told that it would happen at their o

Official Languages committee  His funding was confirmed just a few days before the Acadian World Congress.

Official Languages committee  He still occupies the position and he did receive confirmation. As I said, without a confirmation, you cannot use a line of credit because that makes you incur net losses. Those losses are charged to us, not to Canadian Heritage. Ironically, if you don't spend all the money give

Official Languages committee  I am talking about less than one month's delay. If you do not give the money back within a month, you have to pay interest.

Official Languages committee  It is a rather special year because official languages programs were renewed in 2008-2009. This was also a year where two-year applications are filed, which meant that all programming also had to be approved. That represents an increase in applications every two years.

Official Languages committee  Good morning. I want to thank you for having invited us to appear this morning to give you a follow-up on funding to organizations serving francophone and Acadian communities in Canada. I am here today with Suzanne Bossé, who is our director general. We will be pleased to answer