Canadian Heritage committee  When the media crisis hit in the wake of the 2008 recession, the CRTC established the local programming improvement fund, which was financed from a certain percentage of cable companies' revenues. The purpose of this fund was to strengthen the local programming of television stat

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chisu, you wanted to know whether the FCFA had any presence on campuses?

Official Languages committee  No, the FCFA does not have that presence because that is not its mandate. However, we promote it to partner organizations by working, for example, with the Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne. As we mentioned earlier, we also work with organizations such as

Official Languages committee  I will give the first part of the answer for the FCFA. To some degree, the work gets done by itself. For years we have heard, for example, that the French courses given at the Alliance française in Vancouver are enormously popular with the Asian community. If you go to the site

Official Languages committee  I would like to go back to what Ms. Kenny said about parents. Earlier we told you about accessibility and the fact that we are probably at maximum capacity in a number of places right now. We must ensure that it is not a frustrating experience for parents to register their childr

Official Languages committee  I heard 96%.

Official Languages committee  If I am not mistaken, it was in the CRTC report which was issued yesterday. This report follows up on the CRTC's review of services for minorities.

Official Languages committee  What I am telling you is in the CRTC report. It remains to be seen whether the CRTC was simply referring to comments made by a witness. Either way, the situation has evolved a great deal in four years, clearly. We intend to continue to apply pressure so that we can get as close t

Official Languages committee  Your question brings me back to the Cultural Olympiad currently underway and that will also take place in 2010. We know we have many allies in Quebec. We have a number of contacts within Quebec civil society. The Fédération culturelle canadienne-française and the FCFA have alread

Official Languages committee  The Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue was mandated by the FCFA and the Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique to look after contacts, specifically with VANOC and the consortium, and to arrange for the development of a francophone presence. In additi

Official Languages committee  I would like to add that, as part of my job as director of communications, I watch a number of television stations, A-Channel, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA and others. Every time I see one of those spots about the 2010 Olympic Games called On the Road to the Olympics, I think it is fu

Official Languages committee  To add to what Ms. Bossé just said, you raise a good point, Mr. Lemieux. In 2005, we ended up in a somewhat strange situation whereby the consortium, having obtained the contract as the official broadcaster for the Games, did not have the necessary infrastructure in place to ens

Official Languages committee  You talked about artists. If I understood correctly what the Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique told me, after the February 12 show, VANOC recognized that there were shortcomings in that area. The choice of artists for the Cultural Olympiad tour is fairly comp

Official Languages committee  Based on my conversations with my colleagues from the Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue, I have learned that, as it now stands, at the Olympic Oval, one of the new venues for the 2010 Olympic Games, signage is mainly in English. VANOC has assured us that everything

Official Languages committee  That is an important issue, Mr. Godin. And that is why we are here today.