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Official Languages committee  Yes. Thank you for your question. Asia definitely consists mainly of anglophone markets, but we think there is nevertheless potential on the francophone side as well. We see Quebec educational institutions making major efforts and we would like to try to see whether we can attract—as I said, the potential is modest but nevertheless real—people from Asian countries to the francophone minority communities.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Jean-Philippe Tachdjian

Official Languages committee  May I respond?

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Jean-Philippe Tachdjian

Official Languages committee  I handle education and recruitment of foreign students. Without spending too much time on details about consular services, which is not my responsibility, I can nevertheless tell you that all our documents on promotion and student recruitment are available in both languages.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Jean-Philippe Tachdjian

Official Languages committee  We promote education at all levels, in particular primary and secondary. It's mainly secondary, but that depends on the market. In some markets, there's no point in promoting secondary education, and we don't do any for the primary level. With regard to secondary education, it's very important to do promotion in certain markets.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Jean-Philippe Tachdjian

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. It's a bit difficult to answer without knowing the exact number of foreign or international students enrolled at the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. You're talking about 20%, but of what? One study that we recently conducted indicates that every foreign student registered at a university or community college in Canada contributes an average of $30,860 to the Canadian economy.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Jean-Philippe Tachdjian