Official Languages committee  Early childhood is the hobby horse of Rodrigue Landry, Executive Director of the Canadian Institute of Research on Linguistic Minorities. He has previously submitted a document to the committee because he was supposed to come in December. That document presents his entire argumen

Official Languages committee  From what I remember, the institute was consulted the last time when the first roadmap was being developed with Mr. Lord. Since then, there has been no further consultation regarding a new roadmap.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  That will depend on the choices made by the agency. However, these are 8% cuts in addition to reduced commissions by the various departments, whose funding is also being cut. That could well reduce the amount of data produced by the firm. The choices made by the agency will real

Official Languages committee  Yes. As I mentioned, I believe Statistics Canada already plays an important role in the implementation of the last roadmap, by providing data that are essential for the work of the organizations. I believe that Statistics Canada's role should be recognized and that the agency sho

Official Languages committee  By creating a research program on the minority communities, it was as though the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the CIHR, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the SSHRC, were sending a message that research is legitimate. I submitted a project to a r

Official Languages committee  Good morning. I am here today to talk to you about the importance of research for supporting the development of the official language minority communities. As I represent a research institute, you will certainly not be surprised at that. However, we are not alone in seeing the i