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Official Languages committee  Sure. Thank you. The pilot is for this fiscal year, 2013-14. It will be run by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. As Mr. Kenney has said, it will be available in Paris and in Brussels for individuals of francophone descent wishing to come to Canada and to settle in

June 13th, 2013Committee meeting

Corinne Prince St-Amand

Official Languages committee  In the case of one of our 13 networks, the one from Sudbury to which you are referring, a contribution agreement has not yet been signed. In the department, I am not responsible for those agreements, but I do know, based on what my colleague has said, that there are still some th

June 13th, 2013Committee meeting

Corinne Prince St-Amand

Official Languages committee  No. It's clear.

June 13th, 2013Committee meeting

Corinne Prince St-Amand

Official Languages committee  Also, when you started your question, Mr. Casey, you mentioned specifically the $120 million. That is a carve-out of the broader settlement envelope that Minister Kenney has been speaking about. Under the feuille de route, it will be used to support language training for economic

June 13th, 2013Committee meeting

Corinne Prince St-Amand

Official Languages committee  We do assessments in French in Canada. To get an equivalence, we provide a bridge between the tests taken outside Canada and the Canadian criteria. To answer your first question about the target, we have found that a majority of francophones outside the country who want to immig

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  For several years.

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  That is an excellent question, Mr. Samson. I will start with the first point. As Mr. Manicom said, we have a team in several places, throughout the department and abroad. Two or three years ago, we established an official languages secretariat. We have an excellent champion in

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  We have entered into agreements with several provinces on the subject. We are working closely with New Brunswick to add an appendix to our agreement in order to improve our cooperation and integrate francophones into minority communities in New Brunswick.

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  We're negotiating with several other provinces, including Ontario.

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. Recognition of occupational credentials acquired outside the country is always a challenge, and this is true for francophones, anglophones, and people of all other linguistic groups who come to Canada. You are correct. In every province and territory

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  It's a multi-pronged strategy, if you will. At the federal level, we are working closely with Canadian Heritage, which has primary responsibility for the 2013-18 Roadmap. The federal government has nearly completed its consultation of Canadians, provincial and territorial organi

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Official Languages committee  As far as hosting in francophone communities outside Quebec is concerned, the department has been subsidizing the francophone immigration networks, commonly known as RIFs, for several years. We subsidize 13 networks located in the different provinces and territories other than Qu

September 27th, 2016Committee meeting

Corinne Prince-St-Amand

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, just to reply to the question generally, Operation Syria was a game-changer for Canada both in terms of government-assisted refugees as well as those privately sponsored. I know the four Atlantic provinces want to take as many as IRCC can provide to them, a

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Corinne Prince