Official Languages committee  Absolutely, we endorse that project. In fact, Peter wrote a letter to Minister Moore supporting that. It's even more important for English-language artists in Quebec, because regular Canada Council funding for touring is interprovincial, and part of our most important funding is

Official Languages committee  ELAN is currently working on a project that is funded by the linguistic duality sector of PCH. It is an online portal that collects news reports, interviews, and reviews about prominent anglo Québécois artists, and it provides an introductory text in French to put the artists and

Official Languages committee  Good morning, Mr. Chong, and members of the committee. It's a pleasure for ELAN to be here this morning. Since the last time we were here, we have elected a new president, so I'd like to introduce Peter MacGibbon, who lives in Wakefield just across the river and the border. W

Official Languages committee  That is wonderful.

Official Languages committee  Vive la différence!

Official Languages committee  Obviously, in Quebec, the problem is not language. We just have to look south and we're swamped by English language products. It's not English language products, per se. What CBC does is provide local content. CBC radio does a very fine job of telling local stories. Television

Official Languages committee  Prior to the Cultural Development Fund, there was the IPOLC-PICLO program, which was very beneficial. It was the best thing in arts and culture—it came via the Canada Council, but it was focused on professional arts. The Cultural Development Fund is invested in the link between a

Official Languages committee  My son's in love with a Russian girl right now.

Official Languages committee  I think the L'actualité article demonstrates that we're the cusp. The response to that article has been almost entirely favourable towards the English-speaking community, recognizing the efforts we've made, how we're being integrated. As to whether this investment will be in perp

Official Languages committee  The road map itself has worked quite well. It's other departments within Canadian Heritage that are not part of...well, the Cultural Development Fund, for example, a direct road map program, worked very well.

Official Languages committee  There's a problem for us in Quebec in that we're a region, so everything goes through the Quebec office. So there is a disconnect between all the national envelopes, the national programs. We have a problem being pigeonholed into the region. We have a different relationship to Ot

Official Languages committee  He's written a couple of letters saying what he didn't intend to do, which makes no sense at all.

Official Languages committee  I alluded to that earlier on. ELAN, in particular, does a lot of national work. We spend a lot of time consulting about policy and programs. It is time consuming. Currently, our organization is not funded for that kind of work so we do it in our spare or volunteer time. We have v

Official Languages committee  I mean, 50% of anglophones have married francophones. Partly that's because of love and partly it's kind of strategic. If you want your kids to stay in Quebec, they have to be bilingual, so having a francophone spouse is a very good advantage. I'm one of the traitors who's raised

Official Languages committee  I have thought about that.