Official Languages committee  If I may speak, I will be brief. You spoke about key projects. According to studies carried out by the previous government—I can no longer remember which department was involved—a 1 per cent-increase in literacy has a direct impact on the gross domestic product. How are we in N

Official Languages committee  Illiteracy and the cuts related to it.

Official Languages committee  You asked me whether I thought that the francophone community in New Brunswick was receiving its share of the economic development budget. First of all, there is unfortunately too often the perception on the national level that the Atlantic regions are waiting for grants. I thin

Official Languages committee  RDÉE funding comes from the Service Canada Enabling Fund. In view of the cuts that have been made, we are wondering whether the funding will be renewed in 2008. The direction taken by the New Brunswick RDÉE is to act as the intermediary and analyst for possible projects, in addi

Official Languages committee  Mr. Lemieux said that the government was going to spend money. I would like to point out that we are not the people he ought to be telling about these things. It is up to you to communicate them effectively. In the same week, we saw cuts of over a billion dollars in programs that

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, good afternoon. My name is Louis-Philippe Gauthier and I am the President of the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick. The Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick represents approximately 1,000 members in

Official Languages committee  I will continue quickly, if I may. These examples of major cuts to programs deemed essential for the vitality of minority official language communities are causing considerable concern to the Conseil économique about the future of the RDÉE. The objective of Service Canada's Ena