Finance committee  Good evening. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, my name is Sylviane Lanthier and I am the president of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada, or FCFA. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you this evening. In 9 provinces

Finance committee  I think that depends on the community. In some places, community organizations are now closing their doors because they do not have enough resources to pay their staff. In other places, the organizations have very little leeway in terms of expenditures and resources. I think the

Finance committee  Minister Joly's mandate letter mentions a project to develop a new official languages plan for francophone communities by working with them. We welcome that project because that would give us an opportunity to take stock of what we have accomplished and of where we are at. That w

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. I would like to thank you for inviting us to appear today as part of your study on the media and local communities. My name is Sylviane Lanthier, and I am the chair of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienn

Canadian Heritage committee  The investigation is under way, so we have not yet received a response.

Canadian Heritage committee  The complaint has to do with the government's decision to stop or reduce its newspaper and radio advertising. In this complaint, we are asking the government how it made that decision, that is, whether we were consulted and whether any directives were issued that meant that our c

Canadian Heritage committee  The communities across Canada want their realities to be reflected in media that they can identify with and that are interested in what they are doing. Radio-Canada has regional radio and television stations, but the community newspapers and radio stations do things no one else d

Canadian Heritage committee  Your question is—

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your excellent question. In another stage of my career, I headed a French-language provincial newspaper in Manitoba. The province runs a lot of ads in this newspaper, in particular. Immersion schools are also partners of this paper in terms of content and advertisi

Canadian Heritage committee  Any information that the committee can get to help members understand the media environment will be beneficial for you and for us. That could certainly be useful. It is also important that you understand how ad placement works from a media insider's perspective. That is also very

Canadian Heritage committee  Recently, we appeared before the CRTC because it was looking into concerns about local television, and therefore about local regional stations. We told the CRTC that regional and local CBC television stations were still very significant players in francophone communities and tha

Canadian Heritage committee  My colleague knows more about that than I do. I will let him answer your question.

Canadian Heritage committee  It is very important for us that members of our communities have access to information that resonates with them, that is, that reflects their reality and is channelled through community media venues that are there to serve them. However, community media organizations have financi

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for inviting us to speak to the major issues facing francophone and Acadian communities, as well as their priorities. We are very pleased to be here this afternoon. Two weeks ago, the FCFA was invited to appear before your collea

Official Languages committee  That's quite a broad question, Ms. Boucher. We met briefly with Mr. McCallum, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. We gave him a general sense of our communities' capacity to take in Syrian refugees and help with their settlement. At this time, our communities