Official Languages committee  Come see us next Saturday, Mr. Weston.

Official Languages committee  In British Columbia we are working on establishing a group of all organizations interested in teaching French and teaching in French, as well as in the promotion and use of French. This is a new group that will be created near the end of next week with the help of the Fédération des francophones to combine the interests of all these people, and the International School will be included in this group, as will the Alliance française, Canadian Parents for French, core French teachers, as they are called in British Columbia, and teachers at immersion schools and with the school boards.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, sir.

Official Languages committee  May I answer?

Official Languages committee  I believe it should not be forgotten either that the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality was prepared following Bernard Lord's consultation. I remember very well that the FFCB took part in that consultation. So this wasn't something invented by the federal government. It was prepared in consultation with the community.

Official Languages committee  They're very active.

Official Languages committee  Of course. There are 14 francophone community centres across the province organizing cultural and artistic activities.

Official Languages committee  Allow me to add a brief point. Ultimately, the children who grow up in our French-language schools in British Columbia are bilingual as well. They have a lot of things in common with the children who come out of the immersion programs. It's very interesting to see what's going on at Simon Fraser University's Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles.

Official Languages committee  They probably live much more in the cities. However, immersion programs are offered across the province of British Columbia. Parents line up the day before to register their children. In some communities, it's overwhelming. In Prince George, for example, the community mobilizes the moment immersion programs are threatened.

Official Languages committee  I believe that's what we'll be able to achieve, as the president said. We're starting that right now. We have the document that we'll be submitting to you. As you'll see, everything is clear. We have evaluation measures and we know what departments and levels of government have contributed to the activities of our member organizations.

Official Languages committee  When we talk about the province, that means the provincial government as a whole. We work with the Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles. Of course, when we started evaluating the ODP, we contacted all the federal agencies and the Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I can't tell you the exact amount. It's difficult to determine at this point. There are certain key departments.

Official Languages committee  In fact, certain federal departments had already begun the evaluations and consultations last year. I remember taking part in a strategic planning effort. Service Canada consulted our B.C. communities. I suppose that was also done outside our province. We also took part in an evaluation of the programming in the entire health field conducted by Health Canada and in an evaluation conducted by Justice Canada.