Official Languages committee  No, we have focused on the program review since 2008, and we have devoted all of our efforts to explaining our view that there needs to be a specific program for official languages publications. Once we have finished that, we are going to argue in favour of a renewed commitment f

Official Languages committee  I think that we are expecting—

Official Languages committee  It will have to be over the next few weeks, because it begins on April 1.

Official Languages committee  All right.

Official Languages committee  I want to start by taking a step back. The new Canada Magazine Fund replaces several programs, including the Publications Assistance Program, which represented approximately $44 million per year, provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage, and approximately $15 million from

Official Languages committee  There is still no commitment to that effect. The commitment was for two years. Beyond that, we will have to wait and see.

Official Languages committee  How could I put it? When we look at the criteria and the exceptions put in place for official languages publications, and when we call federal officials to see if we have understood what a clause meant, we must conclude that the number has gone from 13 to 17. I picked up the phon

Official Languages committee  There are currently about 1,000 publications in Canada sharing the $72 million under this program. If we were to remove $15 million, there will be another review and there will clearly be losers.

Official Languages committee  Generally speaking, the Canada Periodical Fund sets out exceptions that take into account the realities of the communities. This should underpin a lot of the actions taken by different departments. That is what part VII of the Official Languages Act encourages the government to d

Official Languages committee  I will talk about two cases. Often, when we have to react to requests for consultations from governments, we talk to the people at the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada. At the APF, we speak to our anglophone counterpart in Quebec. We ask these people how they see the

Official Languages committee  Both.

Official Languages committee  Do you want us to give you the list?

Official Languages committee  There are three papers in Southwestern Ontario: Le Métropolitain, Le Régional and L'Action which is in London-Sarnia. There are two other new ones, L'Aurore boréale in the Yukon and L'Aquilon in the Northwest Territories. One is withdrawing because they have changed their method

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We have done many things, but this was the first time that we sent journalists to the Olympic Games. According to our in-house evaluation, if we were to do it again, we would change certain things. I believe that we need to be in contact with our youth, because they are the futur