Official Languages committee  Yes, there are certainly solutions that should be implemented. Right now, some employees host new teaching staff in their own homes, which is not a good solution. Some school boards have bought buildings to convert into residences for new staff, but I'm sure you can see that isn'

Official Languages committee  I would just add that, for students from immigrant families who attend a French-language school and choose post-secondary education in French, the most important factor is a strong francophone identity. That's a product of identity construction in our schools, which all the feder

Official Languages committee  The exam should certainly be developed in Canada.

Official Languages committee  When we looked at the figures, we realized that there had been an erosion in the amounts paid out, due to the increase in school enrolments. Since 2009, we've seen a steady growth in the number of enrolments in our schools. So we have more students in our schools and the cost of

Official Languages committee  Through the Statistics Canada census, we learned that we have roughly two-thirds of the children of rightful claimants in our schools. So there's a third that we're missing out on, and there are nearly 600,000 students who are eligible.

Official Languages committee  Excuse me, but I didn't quite catch your question because of the poor sound quality.

Official Languages committee  Yes, certainly. The practice recently implemented in Ontario could become a best practice, since it allowed us to collect, for the first time, data on students' country of origin and year of arrival in the country. As a result, we found that 44% of students in Ontario's French-la

Official Languages committee  I think that Francophone immigration is affected by default, since the students are already attending our schools. I believe that the government’s true intention was laudable, wanting to ensure that there would be no interruption of services. However, that’s not what we’re seeing

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. It should be noted that core funding is provided by provinces and territories. That remains the same; there are no changes in that regard. What we’re talking about are additional costs associated with educating children, which are funded by the fede

Official Languages committee  I believe there’s a growing awareness, yes. Could that translate into higher dividends? It certainly does. A few years ago, we tried to establish a dialogue with professional bodies, which differ from province to province. It’s vitally important for qualified teachers to know wh

Official Languages committee  Certainly. As far as recognition of professional skills is concerned, the idea of creating a table with the professional bodies for accelerated recognition of prior learning has been put forward. That would certainly be a step in the right direction. I can point to another prop

Official Languages committee  Let’s just say that the formula set by the Canadian Embassy in France is as follows. Until recently, there were two-day fairs in Paris. People came to the fair, mostly from within France, but there were also people from out of town and from neighbouring countries. Then it was on

Official Languages committee  I would add two nuances to your question. First of all, I was mainly thinking of human resources management services within Canada that support the selected candidate. Interviews are often conducted virtually. Once the candidate has been chosen, made an offer and accepted it, th

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. Now that the action plan for official languages has been announced with its education component, the official languages in education program, we have a one-year transition period so that the provinces and territories can reach bilateral agreements with the feder

Official Languages committee  It’s been very well received. It’s a phenomenal gain. The difficulty currently is obtaining information from the Department of Public Works and Government Services in real time, but that’s more of a bureaucracy issue. Learning in real time when federal properties become available