Official Languages committee  I see that—

Official Languages committee  First, I'm going to address the issue of governance. Since I took up my position, I have seen that, in a hierarchy like the federal government, messages coming from above have more importance than those coming from next door. When the Privy Council had a responsibility for offic

Official Languages committee  Perhaps we can answer the other questions later.

Official Languages committee  We're doing a follow-up report on the report that was previously prepared in response to Mr. Sauvageau's complaint. I'm going to ask Mr. Dussault to answer in greater detail.

Official Languages committee  I have observed that, contrary to the situation 15 years ago, there is now very friendly cooperation between Canadian Parents for French, on the one hand, and the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada and the Commission nationale des parents francophones

Official Languages committee  Sure.

Official Languages committee  I've tried to look at language issues in terms of opportunities rather than obligations. But certainly I'm very aware of the fact that when I graduated from high school, a second language was required for entry into university. It was possible to replace maths and sciences with l

Official Languages committee  First, we received the report that the Société nationale de l'Acadie published on Radio-Canada's programming. I had a meeting with the president, and we talked about it. I found that report very interesting. We're currently thinking about how to address the situation. We also pl

Official Languages committee  I wanted to clarify the answer that I had given to your question.

Official Languages committee  We're talking with Radio-Canada about how to proceed. I nevertheless found the Société nationale de l'Acadie's approach of conducting a study on Radio-Canada's television interesting. That approach is worth a second look.

Official Languages committee  I'm going to take your comments into account in our discussions and conversations with Radio-Canada.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, I'd like to have your—

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, before continuing, I've been given clarification concerning one of Mr. Nadeau's questions. We will be starting the follow-up to the situation at National Defence and Mr. Sauvageau's complaint in November.

Official Languages committee  As I mentioned, I think that health, education and immigration are three very important elements. With respect to education, the issue of early childhood is important, for the reasons I raised earlier this afternoon. To answer Ms. Boucher's question concerning retention in the m

Official Languages committee  —and gain access to university in important programs.