Official Languages committee  Sometimes.

Official Languages committee  Not necessarily, because when you don't have access to services in French in health care centres, at the post office, and so on, they say the language of communication is English. So, that is the way Statistics Canada assesses them.

Official Languages committee  In December, the population constantly fluctuates in the North. The population censuses are--

Official Languages committee  That's right.

Official Languages committee  A lot of people leave and go to Mexico for several months and then come back; or they go to Quebec or to Whitehorse to speak French. There is a lot of fluctuation.

Official Languages committee  It's the same thing. Well, not necessarily in Dawson, but elsewhere, such as Whitehorse, it's $50 a day.

Official Languages committee  We often see that.

Official Languages committee  There was an official evaluation at the end of the second year. The parents were very satisfied, despite the lack of resources. In the evaluation, they said that certain things needed to be improved but that, ultimately, given the cuts made to program resources--

Official Languages committee  Lorraine would like to add something.

Official Languages committee  We organize funding campaigns for Francophone programs, exchanges with Quebec, film festivals and cultural events, such as the Carnaval, and so on.

Official Languages committee  The first year, we had seven students, and then 24 after that. Thanks to all the resources and administrative support we received, we really had an opportunity to expand. Since then, the program has been cut back.

Official Languages committee  No, it was the Ministry of Education. No, actually, it was the school administration.

Official Languages committee  I couldn't say. It was an administrative decision. So, the program was cut back and continues to be cut. However, there is now a new process underway to see whether parents and the community would be interested in a new intensive French program, something which currently exists in New Brunswick.

Official Languages committee  The major demand is for early childhood education centres. Everyone wants them, even Francophiles.

Official Languages committee  No.