Official Languages committee  It's a celebration. The three languages—

Official Languages committee  That's the contradictory message that has recently been conveyed by the government. I hope the bleeding is over.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  It's a social contract.

Official Languages committee  Yes, through the FCFA at the Conférence ministérielle sur la francophonie canadienne. Those people came to a meeting in June. The start of the process was announced to us. We received letters and correspondence, including responses from Hubert Lussier, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister for Citizenship and Heritage, to start the assessment.

Official Languages committee  As I told you, the idea is to continue helping existing organizations. The only original idea that comes to my mind would be to obtain assistance to francize our anglophone brothers and sisters. At the university level, that could even help the University of Moncton and the Sainte-Anne University as well, but I believe the University of New Brunswick should provide some more French courses because Canadian graduates, especially those aspiring to high positions in this country, in New Brunswick, among other places, know from the outset that they have to speak both official languages.

Official Languages committee  I would say that it's on a number of levels.

Official Languages committee  I've just attended the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. We just attended the FrancoFête en Acadie. Look at the list of Acadian artists who are currently appearing on the national stage. For example, on a program such as Star Académie, probably five of the 14 young people are Acadian.

Official Languages committee  Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, puedo hablar español también....

Official Languages committee  Historically, the federal government has supported the provinces well, particularly on education issues, even though that was not its jurisdiction. Funding should be increased in order to build community school centres. I believe it's scandalous that this abnormal situation should arise in New Brunswick, which is supposed to be the most bilingual province.

Official Languages committee  It's not just 500 children, but 1,650 children.

Official Languages committee  It's 650 children in the Saint John area, 500 more in the Fredericton region and 500 children in the Moncton area.

Official Languages committee  Those children don't go to French school because transit time can be 75 to 90 minutes, morning and afternoon. The Sainte-Anne community centre in Fredericton is overflowing. The entire premises are occupied. The centre is very much involved in what we call rights holders intake.

Official Languages committee  The next step is in Arabic it would be...? I would like to know. The promotion of bilingualism shouldn't be based solely on commercial needs in Canada. If this issue depends solely on commercial requirements, we'll become a unilingual English country faster than we think, like the United States.

Official Languages committee  As regards New Brunswick, RDÉE has a symbiotic relationship with the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick, which is the New Brunswick council of business people. The board of directors of the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick is the same as that of the RDÉE New Brunswick.