Official Languages committee  Of course, July 1st will probably be a very important day in 2017. The department already supports Canada Day celebrations across the country. There are more than 1,800 of them across Canada every July 1st, and the vast majority of them take place in small communities. They basic

Official Languages committee  In my humble opinion, you have before you the two people who are currently working on the file.

Official Languages committee  As for the organization—

Official Languages committee  I can quite simply tell you that we are the two people who are working on the file currently, with our teams of course. The very structure that will be put in place to go ahead with the initiatives has not yet been determined. Until then, we are the people who—

Canadian Heritage committee  I was going to mention that on many occasions, people seek advice before they have an event, and I think that's the most important rule. It's kind of an informal network of individuals at the federal, provincial, and municipal level that work together. They know each other, and i

Canadian Heritage committee  I was just going to say that the definition of national protocol is quite a challenge. What do we consider to be national? Aboriginal traditions, for example, that we have to take into account at some events would need to be factored in. We have some provincial traditions as well

Canadian Heritage committee  I would like to add one thing, if I may. If events were the same, always unfolding the same way, we could compare one to another, learn lessons and make changes. As Nicole has said, each event is unique; it is difficult to compare and to know what should have been changed. We do