Official Languages committee  That's been done. Even before health services were transferred, there was a plan, the Bénéteau plan. It was published. That plan, which was submitted to the Yukon government, clearly stated what was required in order to achieve a minimum level of service, even before services wer

Official Languages committee  In the mid-1990s. Then there was the Graham Plan. There have been a number of health plans that have clearly shown the minimum level required. For example, would it cost more to have bilingual reception positions at the institutions? No, we would include that in the job descripti

Official Languages committee  Yes, a confrontation, because the community is growing stronger and, at some point, when you're strong enough, you pick your battles.

Official Languages committee  You have to draw a distinction between the services. We're looking for institutionalized services; we want that to be organized by the government. A lot of people speak French and provide service in the language chosen by the patient, but that's not institutionalized service. The

Official Languages committee  There are five out of 5,000. How do you want them to serve the population? That doesn't mean those five positions will still be filled next year. Mr. Bélanger did a good job of showing that: the budget envelope has stayed the same for years now. And yet the Yukon government wants

Official Languages committee  There are hundreds and hundreds. The department has a budget of approximately $250 million. The Yukon government had a budget of $400 million. The budget tabled last week had increased to $1.1 billion or $1.2 billion.

Official Languages committee  It isn't our job to manage the Yukon government's money, but we know we should be receiving services that we aren't receiving. So we think that, if a good plan were put on the table to verify developments in the situation and, in the planning, obviously... A question was asked th

Official Languages committee  In Yukon, we form a larger population, an extremely active one, which requests services. We have made all these requests, but they have been denied at the political and administrative levels. And we refused to take part in developing the last reports because that wasn't an evalua

Official Languages committee  No, that's fine. My wife says I can't do two things at the same time, but I can.

Official Languages committee  I'll listen to you.

Official Languages committee  Under the last agreements—and that's why you have a role to play as federal parliamentarians—the government, through its Heritage Department, signed an agreement with the Yukon government for linguistic services. There are two major bilateral agreements that concern education and

Official Languages committee  We've asked the same question. We're not experts. Legal aid is a good example. The logos of the Canadian and Yukon governments appear under the advertisement in the paper. We don't know who's concerned. It's not up to a citizen to know whether it's a federal or territorial servic

Official Languages committee  At the association, we submitted a request to the Court Challenges Program, the forerunner of the Language Rights Support Program, the LRSP. Our request was favourably received. We were told that we had very good cases and that we would be receiving funding. We have legal advisor

Official Languages committee  Yes. We've been writing letters and making requests since the act was passed. Ms. Bernard has just written a letter. We got an answer from the Yukon Premier, Dennis Fentie, who said he didn't see any need for it because there's a process. Imagine! It's like giving prisoner the ke

Official Languages committee  To be honest, the government doesn't want to provide the services. They always find the money to provide services in English. The Yukon government's budget has increased from $400 million to $1.1 billion. So there have been increases in their budget. The services are provided to