Canadian Heritage committee  Are you asking me or the federation?

Canadian Heritage committee  The Centre culturel francophone in Vancouver is truly privileged because it has access to Radio-Canada's infrastructure in the province's largest urban centre. Compared to other regions, we indirectly benefit from significant coverage. Our presentation was only on the interactio

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. Everyone is hungry and therefore you'll be pleased to hear that my presentation will be brief. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today. It is a great pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the Centre cultu

Official Languages committee  I think that's a brilliant idea.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Godin, Wilfred Le Bouthillier gave a show at Kitsilano school last Thursday.

Official Languages committee  It's really easy to use culture to bring communities together. It acts like a bridge, both provincially and nationally.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. Various events play that role, such as Chant'Ouest. There's also an organization, an association of music competitions. Each province holds its own competition, then sends its winners to the Festival international de la chanson de Granby. I think that's a good idea. I

Official Languages committee  The easiest thing would be to adapt...

Official Languages committee  ...funding to the day-to-day situations our organizations face.

Official Languages committee  The needs are always growing. We mentioned in the presentations this morning that funding has stagnated since 1999. There was an 11% increase last year, but that nevertheless didn't make up the gap between current expenses and available funding. Most of the funding of the Centre

Official Languages committee  To answer the first part of your question, I believe that the challenges in exporting Francophone culture to the other provinces stem from the fact that we have to break through into the Anglophone majority. In Quebec, culture is self-sufficient; that is to say that the market i

Official Languages committee  Yes, I'm going to finish. Like the vast majority of organizations operating in the cultural sector, the Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver has faced major challenges in the past 10 years. Inadequate and unstable operating funding causes high turnover among human resources

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen members of the committee, I want to thank you for your invitation to this consultation exercise of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Allow me to begin my remarks by providing a brief description of the organization I represent, by prof