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Official Languages committee  I simply want to clarify that all our programs are accountable. In 2013, the commissioner conducted a review and found that our accountability in federal-provincial relations was good. Still, we're trying to improve it and improve transparency. This is one of the issues being neg

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  In short, things are happening. Some of them are federal-provincial negotiations, and we can't talk about them. However, as Mr. Racine mentioned, we are always looking to improve our processes.

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  As Mr. Racine said, it is a fairly complex piece of legislation. Just drafting a bill like this takes the Department of Justice 12 months. So we cannot expect to introduce a bill in time for it to be passed before the next election. That seems pretty clear. That is why the mandat

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  Yes, we are working on it. We read all the briefs that are tabled in the Senate. Conversations with various organizations have taken place.

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  We have proposed options for possible additional and complementary steps. Ms. Joly will want to sort through this and announce what she will add to it. However, it is important to work in a complementary way. She mentioned that, as part of the modernization process, if the commit

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  In the particular case of Quebec, though, there's a difference. The Government of Canada has devolved the selection and integration responsibilities for immigrants to the Government of Quebec through multiple agreements since 1978. With that devolution, Quebec has what they call

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  We cannot really comment on the position that the Quebec government, Mr. Legault and la CAQ, has made on that, but it was made clear that, while Quebec has a major role to play vis-à-vis immigration, deportation is a federal responsibility, and discussions would have to be had if

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  The Treasury Board has estimated the cost of bilingual services in the new offices. I believe you will be meeting with Mr. Brison later this month. You will have to ask his team those questions to find out the details.

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  That is really the responsibility of the Treasury Board team.

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  We are working with Statistics Canada, but it is a complex issue. It is easy to determine someone's mother tongue, but it is very difficult to figure out the schools that the parents attended, whether they went to French-language school, immersion school, and all that.

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  You say “the next election”, but it must be done before the next census, in reality, because it is during the census that the count will be done. As a result of the work of this committee—you heard from Statistics Canada officials—the government's response was quite clear. It ma

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  Let me give you some additional information. The court challenges program (CCP) is not managed by our branch. So we are not the best people to give you an answer. However, I can tell you that the envelope for the old LRSP was $1.5 million, which included program administration, p

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  We discussed research before the committee resumed its meeting. The need for research is very real, and different organizations are funded to do the research. However, the programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage were not designed to fund research in the communities. But t

November 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Yvan Déry

Official Languages committee  As I was saying earlier, section 23 of the charter was drafted to give individuals rights, and not to make the work of Statistics Canada easier.

October 3rd, 2017Committee meeting

Yvan Déry