Official Languages committee  Thank you, everyone.

Official Languages committee  For the past 40 years, CMEC has ensured that all its discussions across Canada have been conducted in both official languages, that all its publications are written in both official languages.

Official Languages committee  We're talking about an organization that belongs to the provinces and territories. Forty years ago, the provinces and territories established an organization to collaborate and represent education internationally. There is a commitment to ensure that the organization that serves

Official Languages committee  There are no obligations apart from those that already existed, which were nevertheless significant obligations.

Official Languages committee  I can't speak on behalf of CMEC, because I unfortunately wasn't there at the time. I don't know the answer; I'm sorry.

Official Languages committee  I can't tell you.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Godin, I very much appreciate your question.

Official Languages committee  I'll take the liberty of answering essentially by citing the example of CMEC. That's all I can—

Official Languages committee  What I can tell you is that in the course of assessing what has happened in the past—and this speaks to the point that was made earlier—and in determining priorities for the future, the ministers of the jurisdictions are looking to reach and implement objectives in six domains at

Official Languages committee  Again, what I'm going to tell you is that to a large extent, that call is made by provinces and territories.

Official Languages committee  The reality is.... I'll repeat what I mentioned earlier to Mr. Godin, in that at this point in time, what we've seen is that the percentage of minority language versus second language in the program that CMEC is involved with—again, it's a really small proportion of the overall i

Official Languages committee  It speaks a bit to the point you made earlier in regard to raising the bar for ability levels, both at the spoken and written levels for individuals who graduate, not only at the secondary level from immersion programs, but also those who may continue on and graduate from univers

Official Languages committee  I'm going to draw a distinction in an attempt to clarify the situation.

Official Languages committee  CMEC manages, on behalf of all the provinces and territories, four national programs which are outside the bilateral agreements as such.

Official Languages committee  Those agreements, which represent $228 million, are intended for the provinces and territories. Of that amount, $30 million is allocated to management of the national programs Explore, Odyssey, Accent and Destination Clic. That enables individual learning, whether it be monitors