Official Languages committee  I believe that an adjustment is needed. I'm very familiar with the formula that was used in Ontario. There were additional costs required for the French program offerings, ranging from translation expenses to the provision of parallel services like cultural events. They were not

Official Languages committee  It was certainly detailed. Today, it's just an amount of money, with everything in the same basket. There is no longer any analysis. It's truly obsolete and we need to come up with a new methodology. The ACUFC is very interested in this because it's conducting research in French

Official Languages committee  In my view, it's a seismic shock not only at the provincial level but country-wide. This is the first time it's happened and I think that the universities, whether anglophone or francophone, are trying to figure out what it means. I've heard it said that there were some universit

Official Languages committee  No. I believe the federal government also has an obligation to do so, like the provinces.

Official Languages committee  If I had some nice charts I could perhaps give you a better explanation of what I am talking about. Everyone was talking about core funding for all the universities, which is often related to student numbers. I'm talking about English-language, bilingual and Francophone universi

Official Languages committee  The amount is $29 million. Our funding structure is obviously different than the one for Campus Saint-Jean. The province acknowledged that the costs were higher, which is a step forward compared to others. Because the federal government invests very little in the core operation

Official Languages committee  There are several reasons. The main reason is probably that in French Ontario, we don't have the institutional maturity of post-secondary educational institutions in Quebec, where three major English-language universities and several CEGEPs have been established for a long time.

Official Languages committee  If you look at university funding across the country, Ontario is the province that provides the least core funding to post-secondary educational institutions. I think it's around 25%. It's the province with the lowest funding for post-secondary education, including French-languag

Official Languages committee  I can't say that this is the case in Ontario, because Ontario has been putting more on the table than the federal government in terms of core funding. And there's nothing recent about this, because it has been like that through several different governments.

Official Languages committee  I think that whatever happens will be the outcome of a negotiation process. Let's be clear about the fact that universities and colleges have enormous needs, in Ontario and elsewhere. Although I have worked with the provincial government to ensure that there would be a funding a

Official Languages committee  As you know, I am in Ontario. I spoke to you about the province's most recent funding for the operating budgets of post-secondary educational institutions. These funds are added to the core funding received by all the other universities. I believe that we are way ahead in Ontari

Official Languages committee  As you know, Ms. Lalonde, when you were the Ontario Minister of Francophone Affairs, the planning board for a French-language university in Ontario tabled a structural document that provided an overview of what the Université de l'Ontario français would look like, and also sketch

Official Languages committee  The Université de l'Ontario français Now has startup funding spread over an eight-year period. Surprisingly, we are already in the third year. We have therefore nearly reached the second stage of the funding process. For the startup funding, infrastructure funds remain one-time.

Official Languages committee  I'll put on my former Commissioner of Official Languages hat. I've always preferred to think that the local context needs to be factored in. I believe a witness mentioned that earlier. What I can say is that there are anglophone communities in Quebec that do not have the same lev

Official Languages committee  Okay.