Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  To be sure, if the francophone community had been consulted about the literacy cuts, it would have said no. As Mr. Godin said, 64% of the francophone community is illiterate. But what is more worrisome still is that of this percentage, 40% are 40 years of age and under. We are th

Official Languages committee  Our greatest accomplishment is having been able to continue to operate with less and less money. As Mr. Gionet just said, we are continuing to be successful. Five years ago, our association had $140,000 per year; we are currently receiving $125,000 from Canadian Heritage. Our fun

Official Languages committee  It is indeed one of the greatest challenges.

Official Languages committee  One of the problems for us at the Association francophone des parents du Nouveau-Brunswick is that things like specialized health services are not accessible in several regions. Families call me up because they are trying to find a francophone speech therapist and it's impossible

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We don't know why it was done, because our community was not consulted. That was one of our greatest frustrations when the cuts were announced. We were never consulted to determine whether the fat was being cut or whether the program was useful to francophones. As I mentioned ear

Official Languages committee  I was also thinking about the cancellation of the agreement with the provinces for child care centres. Creating new child care spaces for our francophones would have been a great help to them. We are not going to hide the fact that we were rather relying on that to pursue our ac

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon. Thank you very much for your invitation. My name is Josée Nadeau and I am the Director of the Association francophone des parents du Nouveau-Brunswick. I am speaking to you on behalf of my President, Ms. Denyse LeBouthillier. The Association francophone des pare