Official Languages committee  The two provinces where immersion is increasing the fastest are British Columbia and Alberta.

Official Languages committee  The regulations were postponed. Although they officially exist, they have never come into force.

Official Languages committee  French would be the language of work and of instruction. To some extent it is based on the technical and professional school at the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. However, in our case, this college will be a part of the University of Alberta. We had to go through the pr

Official Languages committee  In terms of immigration, people are playing with words. If you read our report, you will see that we deliberately play with words. We don't talk about immigrants so much as newcomers. The problem is that these centres receive funding for immigrants. Consequently, there is no fund

Official Languages committee  Let's say that for now, they're not doing any harm.

Official Languages committee  I believe that there is a provincial bill that acknowledges the FCAA as the organization that speaks on behalf of the Albertan francophonie. The association's mandate is to coordinate what is happening within the community. Where there are many varied needs, it is officially the

Official Languages committee  The first thing you could do would be to make sure that this topic is automatically on the agenda for all federal- provincial meetings. Furthermore, I think that we could be working with the ministers responsible for French services in the provinces. The federal government is n

Official Languages committee  The problem with a complaints process is that it puts us in the position of being complainers. We have been complaining for hundreds of years. We are tired of complaining and we want to start building. I have nothing against a complaints process but that is not a solution in itse

Official Languages committee  My spouse is from the Punjab, in India. I thought I knew what discrimination was, but allow me to tell you that I have been doing some learning in that area. Compared to what she has experienced and to what she is experiencing, I am sorry, but I do not consider myself to be a vic

Official Languages committee  It is the law, but I am not sure that everyone understands it. It is an opportunity for me to influence the perception that Canadians have about our linguistic duality or common languages. Something that I feel very strongly is that these issues have evolved. There is clearly a

Official Languages committee  Most of the 650 postsecondary students come from Alberta and British Columbia. We do a lot of recruitment in British Columbia and some in Saskatchewan. That is our main recruitment pool. The difficulty in recruiting students from Quebec is the tuition fees. It costs $5,000 a yea

Official Languages committee  Thank you, monsieur Godin, you are ever so special.

Official Languages committee  I think results have been very significant from kindergarten to grade 12 as well as in post-secondary education. The funding has helped to develop a considerable number of programs and create, among other things, the Canadian association of francophone universities, or AUFC. I am

Official Languages committee  According to the planned rate of implementation, it should amount to approximately $50 million.

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is over five years, but it is not excessive, when you think of what is happening in Manitoba, for example. I apologize for thinking back to Manitoba, but that is where my heart lies. Extraordinary things are happening there. The provincial government has set a francopho