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Official Languages committee  In fact, as regards the associative movement, right now funding is the sinews of war. We need increased core funding, based on regional characteristics. Compared to other cities, Toronto has higher rents, and so with $50,000, the Toronto ACFO will not be able to continue. There a

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  The vast majority of this information goes through the Association des francophones de l'Ontario, or AFO, a provincial organization representing a variety of sectors and regions. That is where information exchange occurs. A committee looks at the agreements. They can then tell us

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  The regional ACFOs are trying to consolidate in order to ensure closer cooperation. Earlier, I was saying that our sector is not well structured. In addition, no funding is provided for this kind of structure, where we could talk about successes achieved elsewhere and work togeth

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  We receive our core grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage. The Sudbury ACFO is the richest of all the ACFOs in the province: we receive $40,000. The other associations may receive between about $12,000 and $25,000, and that's about it. With the $40,000 from the Departmen

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  The situation over the last three years has hurt us a lot. Core subsidies were cut.

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  That plan was conceived at senior government levels, rather than at the grass roots. That is probably the reason why it is problematical.

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  This week, we were told that the Sault Ste. Marie ACFO would have to shut down and that one in Cochrane was in a similar predicament because its financial support and results are inadequate. They do demand results, but in communities such as that, we are unable to move forward. W

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is absolutely correct. They are being shut down, one after the other. They are being forced to manage themselves as though they were projects, rather than organizations with a community development thrust.

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  Thanks to the ACFO associative movement, Ontario now has a good infrastructure. If colleges have been established, it's because of the work carried out at the grass roots. All of our institutions flow from the grass roots. However, people now seem to be saying that because the in

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  Yes, in very specific areas, although it hasn't really helped in terms of developing anything else. A lot of money has been invested in education and health. We were very involved in developing the networks and that sort of thing. But it's another matter to develop new things.

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is basically it. We acted as an instrument and a lever in many different cases. But there is still a great deal of work to be done, because assimilation is still occurring and things are still happening. There is no doubt that the grass roots has less recognition. And i

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  One of the things we have to pay attention to is immigration. There is no recognition of Francophone immigration. It was determined that Sudbury would be a good place to send Francophone immigrants. But very little has been done on the ground to provide for the appropriate struct

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

Official Languages committee  In terms of what the Official Languages Action Plan has meant on the ground, I can tell you that a lot of the large institutions got preferential treatment. Very little is happening in the field. Our funder is Canadian Heritage. The ACFOs have very little recognition. There is a

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy

November 10th, 2006Committee meeting

Suzanne Roy