Official Languages committee  In fact, your comments contain two questions, Mr. Godin. With regard to the community envelope, when you came to see us, our problem was mainly that the process of obtaining Canadian Heritage's contribution was slow. It came very late. At the time, as you will remember, that also

Official Languages committee  In support of what Mr. Custodio, my president, said during his presentation, I would say that our major concern today is to ensure the renewal of the roadmap, which we believe is really a very promising and praiseworthy concept. However, we would like there to be some transparenc

Official Languages committee  I have a specific example illustrating how the roadmap can be a very significant lever for our communities. Many of us have mentioned early childhood services. As a result of the time allocated for the presentation, we were unable to go into a great deal of detail. When our child

Official Languages committee  The roadmap provides partial funding for these early childhood services. Child care facilities such as the one in St. John's operate solely on revenue from parents. However, their introduction was supported by the Fédération des parents francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador,

Official Languages committee  Exactly. There will be an enormous benefit later on, and it will be seen in future school enrolment.

Official Languages committee  That's the St. John's day care centre, which has had 14 spaces since 2005, since it was established.

Official Languages committee  No, it's a problem with the premises; they have to be expanded.

Official Languages committee  There is a plan to expand the centre. There have been 14 spaces since 2005, but the pressing problem of spaces has in fact been around since about 2009 or 2010.

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  I won't repeat everything my colleagues have said, but the two answers they have just given reflect our situation to a great extent. The roadmap has definitely made it possible to achieve a lot of progress in recent years. Since 2008, a major organization, our provincial communit

Official Languages committee  Personally, I believe that early childhood is really the foundation of our francophone communities. All of us here live in regions where the vast majority is anglophone. In spite of all our efforts, our children do not necessarily have a lot of opportunities to develop in French

Official Languages committee  Today, our services start at the age of two. Ideally they should start at birth. As a result of the way society is evolving, mothers want to resume their professional careers as soon as possible.

Official Languages committee  You're right; parents have a major role to play in education. They have to speak the language as much as possible, particularly when they live in a majority anglophone environment. They must not forget to speak the language. Our organizations are working on this kind of awareness

Official Languages committee  Sir, I will try to be brief because I know your time is limited. Earlier you talked about how to attract newcomers. I'm going to focus solely on newcomers from outside Canada. There is currently something very paradoxical about the roadmap. Citizenship and Immigration Canada pro

Official Languages committee  Not as far as I know, no.