Official Languages committee  We are demanding that standards be enforced at the end of mandatory study, that is to say at the end of the secondary level. We are now seeking that for the end of college. We may consider that that is partly the case at the secondary level since there is a departmental exam to a

Official Languages committee  Your question concerns everything relating to official language learning. We're currently concerned with establishing a college-level finishing standard for second-language learning. That will apply to both anglophone colleges, for proficiency in French, and francophone colleges

Official Languages committee  I'm reacting to my colleague who was saying it's a question of resources. I don't agree. I think it's a question of choice. Are you committed to this? We have a responsibility. I will wear my hat as the CEO of a college, and I think we have a responsibility. We, after all, with o

Official Languages committee  I entirely agree as well. We know that second-language learning in Quebec now starts in grade 1 at the primary level. I must say that we, the colleges, are working and focusing a great deal on the issue. We administer a national exam to determine students' second-language profici

Official Languages committee  Our federation makes submissions to the Government of Quebec. For the moment, we're very pleased that the government is allocating the CEGEPs their share of the total budget allocated for postsecondary education. We've also obtained a 40-60 share—40 being the CEGEP share—which ex

Official Languages committee  For example, the department of second languages at the Cégep de l'Outaouais has 28 teachers. So it's a very big department. We of course have an obligation to teach the second language, but we offer much more. I'm going to change topics and go back to the question that Mr. Gaudet

Official Languages committee  That's already the case.

Official Languages committee  I would say they are very well served. As you know, we have three universities where the main language is English. Actually, I would say one of the universities in Quebec is among the most sought after by the anglophone population in Canada. In our colleges, we have 8% of the Que

Official Languages committee  In fact, the colleges are 40 years old. I proudly wear the pin of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Cégep de l'Outaouais. It was one of the system's first 12 founding colleges. I believe there is total fairness among the colleges. The resources allocated to the anglopho

Official Languages committee  The program depends on the choices of the government in power. Currently, as a francophone CEGEP, I don't have access to that funding to send my students outside the country, to another francophone country. You have to understand that anywhere beyond Quebec's borders is considere

Official Languages committee  It's a very beautiful region. I lived in eastern New Brunswick for five years.

Official Languages committee  As I was director of studies at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des îles, I can tell you a lot about that. While the Cégep de Sept-Îles only offers one program in the second language, the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des îles offers the following programs: Natural Sciences, Social Science

Official Languages committee  I can't give you the exact number, but they should represent approximately 25% of the total student body at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des îles.

Official Languages committee  At the time, it was about 1,800 students. As the regions are emptying, there are fewer and fewer of them. However, the anglophones are staying, as a result of which the percentage has tended to increase rather than decrease.

Official Languages committee  It works very well. As director of studies, I was responsible for all programs in English and French, and the English-language programs had their own supervisory infrastructure.