Official Languages committee  It was Entrée express, yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is correct.

Official Languages committee  As for funding, that is another matter. The francophone community definitely still needs funding in order really to move the file forward. To date, the recruitment target set by the francophone minority communities has not been achieved. Far more resources are definitely needed.

Official Languages committee  That brings my presentation to an end.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your questions. It is very interesting. There are two different ways of integrating immigrants. Economic immigrants arrive in our province prepared. They have had a chance to choose the province they want to live in and have a good reason for having chosen one pro

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the Société franco-manitobaine, I want to thank you for your invitation. It is truly a pleasure for me to appear before the committee this morning. My name is Bintou Sacko, and I have been the francophone hospitality manager since 2005. I wi

Official Languages committee  Yes, it's very important. As we said, the main reason why a person immigrates is to be able to work and to integrate economically into his or her new country. However, in an anglophone majority province, it will be very hard to take advantage of all opportunities on the ground i

Official Languages committee  As I mentioned, this assistance and support and hospitality program at the airport is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for refugees and by the Province of Manitoba for landed immigrants and—and later as well—refugees.

Official Languages committee  It's aimed at everyone.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We have a website that is accessible to everyone. This one is linked to the Province of Manitoba. From that site, people can contact us, and let us know, for example, that they've been selected by the Province of Manitoba and that they have been accepted by Citizenship and I

Official Languages committee  I'm going to conclude quickly. Among other things, we also provide them with moral support. We have a network of volunteers consisting of members of the community. This network supports the help we provide in our efforts. We have a twinning program, which is also excellent. We a

Official Languages committee  Good morning, everyone. Thanks to committee members for this opportunity to present Francophone Hospitality in Manitoba to you. I've been the Francophone Hospitality manager since the organization was created in December 2003. I'm just going to present the hospitality structure a