February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee Absolutely.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee I would just like to clarify that Mr. Choquette's question was about anglophones in Quebec, who are a minority community.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee It's very simple, it's a question of math or critical mass. For example, there are 20,000 Fransaskois in Saskatchewan. The loss of a francophone organization would have a much greater impact on the francophone minority community than it would have on the majority community. In th
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee It's completely different.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee I can answer from my professional experience. There was a time when we at the BACE also received funding. A meeting was held in 2013, I believe, and we were indeed told that funding to 22 community organizations in the area of literacy would be cut. Among them were RESDAC, our an
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee So the solution may not have been viable in 2013, but the concept is evolving. After all, it has been five years. There may be ways of doing things differently, but, as I mentioned, RESDAC has been asking itself what is next for the last year and a half.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee We have actually worked extensively with anglophones in Quebec, with Linda Shohet from the Centre for Literacy, or the Centre d’alphabétisation in French. That organization no longer exists today. For example, we organized what we called—
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee He was talking about social finance.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee We have met with department officials several times to talk about the different models that could be used to get RESDAC on track again. One of the things we have talked a lot about is trying to ensure that we are well in tune with the priorities of various departments, such as Ca
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee Absolutely, they are open to it.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee We know that small French-speaking communities rarely have the organizational capacity to file very complex funding applications. Other financial organizations have the same problem, be they at provincial, municipal, or federal level. Given that some of our communities are smal
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee RESDAC is involved with adult education.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee Exactly. Starting at 16 years of age.
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard
Official Languages committee With literacy, we are often going to be dealing with those who have been left behind. For example, at some stage, a lot of high school dropouts need to improve their essential skills. So they come to our centres or go to literacy centres. Seniors do the same. More and more, senio
February 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Michel Robillard