Official Languages committee  They want to know how to access, in their language, information about services. While government officials look for programs and services, seniors want to know where to go—and not only seniors, but caregivers. There is a big concern that they cannot understand well enough or get

Official Languages committee  So our community of communities transcends just what we might look like today, so the Greek community, the Italian community--there were Greek people who represent Greek seniors, Italian seniors.... Thank you for that.

Official Languages committee  Often, it is difficult to implement a Canada-wide initiative in Quebec. It is because of the jurisdictional issues. So we are wondering how community initiatives under the roadmap can be offered on the ground. Earlier, I said that the best practice for Quebec, in terms of the ro

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. In the spring, there were almost 100 people there, and the follow-up to it was a more focused conference, so we had about 30 to 40 people. That was deliberate. That was to focus in a bit more.

Official Languages committee  When the QCGN did our environmental scan a couple of years ago toward our strategic planning exercise, over 70 people were interviewed. It was felt at the time that the QCGN provided a very important service to the members. We work at a member level, so when you talk about repres

Official Languages committee  Twenty-three years, and it was never home.

Official Languages committee  We've had two network events in the last eight months. The conference brought the service providers together to see how, together, they could work better and find specific themes they could advance to the provincial government, because a lot of the things are under provincial j

Official Languages committee  The process for the mid-term report was done. A questionnaire was sent to key stakeholders. Many of these stakeholders are part of the QCGN. Others are not. I don't know what has been said by key stakeholders. I know anecdotally what the members tell us, and in specific sectors I

Official Languages committee  I'm an optimist. I have to say that. I am an optimist, and I would like to see a day where the English-speaking community.... I won't speak for the French, francophones outside of Quebec. I could speak for francophones in Quebec, but let me just speak for the English-speaking h

Official Languages committee  As I said earlier, the action plan that preceded the roadmap was not perfect either. Both programs are great initiatives. Regarding the creation of programs and initiatives within the roadmap, I am not criticizing the 800 million dollars spent under the action plan nor the $1.

Official Languages committee  In terms of each of the programs, the people in the health care sector worked together, for example. People from each sector worked with those whose area was of interest to them. Horizontally, we gave advice on the highest indicators. However, for an indicator to remain high, it

Official Languages committee  You know, when you don't use it, you can't really talk about it.

Official Languages committee  I would say there are at least two big pieces in that. There is employability.... I mentioned earlier that with the devolution of manpower programs—sorry, that's not the right word—seven or eight years ago, we have many young English-speaking people who are not getting access t

Official Languages committee  We have just so much time. So what we spend our time on is seeing what the priorities of the community are, and how we can get better understanding around that. So I'm not sure I can answer that question.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I would say so. Any time anybody downloads, there's the potential for somebody to miss out. I truly believe that by downloading from the feds to the province, and maybe then down to the municipalities, there are vulnerable communities that are forgotten. And I think the Engl