Official Languages committee  A new program put in place under the roadmap has been very positive for the English-speaking community. It is the cultural development fund. If we had our hand up to say that it should be increased, that would be a very important one for our community. They've done some interest

Official Languages committee  In terms of an overall evaluation, this is appropriate only when there are key questions the departments have to respond to before undertaking their own evaluations. The difficulty with anglophone communities is that each initiative has been experienced differently. The same appl

Official Languages committee  On a good day we have five full-time equivalents.

Official Languages committee  Statistics Canada gives us close to a million English speakers.

Official Languages committee  The person who does the stats in the office....

Official Languages committee  I would—

Official Languages committee  There has not been a lot of study of the English-speaking community of Quebec, traditionally. You know, the English-speaking community of Quebec, until relatively recently, in the last 15 to 20 years, didn't even see themselves as a minority. That's an observation; it’s neither g

Official Languages committee  I would like to link it to your previous question about individuals. The model for our health network in Quebec is access to health promotion. They have done some incredibly important work with the provincial government around the promotion of access to health, which allows for i

Official Languages committee  Was that in 1917?

Official Languages committee  This year we have core funding from Canadian Heritage; we have a grant from Canadian Heritage--

Official Languages committee  Our projected annual budget for this year is over $1 million.

Official Languages committee  I would say the lion's share, about 90%.

Official Languages committee  Was it 1912? I was off by a few years.

Official Languages committee  Well, it varies from one year to the next.

Official Languages committee  I would say almost 100%—that includes the provincial government and the federal government.