Official Languages committee  Mr. Choquette, you mentioned the mid-mandate evaluation. The evaluation starts halfway through the mandate because it has to provide information for use after the roadmap. Basically, this will be the evaluation of the roadmap.

Official Languages committee  That is a suggestion that would likely please our colleagues in Statistics Canada who are responsible for matters like that. That said, if you have very specific suggestions to make, we would be pleased to hear them because we have discussions with the people over there on this k

Official Languages committee  That letter tells us very precisely about the type of activities that we are going to have to focus on during the mandate. It is very clear.

Official Languages committee  The document that will give you most information about that is the one that Jean-Pierre was talking about just now. It is the report on results, published as an appendix to the report from the Department of Canadian Heritage. You will see that, given the particular nature of thei

Official Languages committee  Since I have taken part in the consultations that have been undertaken, I should point out, Mr. Samson, that some provinces allow us to invite school board representatives into the room where we are in discussions with the officials from provincial and territorial departments of

Official Languages committee  To answer your question objectively, I would say that the funding available was spent effectively. We can say that because we have two full years to refer to, plus a third that will be over in a few weeks. Jean-Pierre will give you the exact number. In the second year, I believ

Official Languages committee  Exactly.

Official Languages committee  Jean-Pierre, can you describe that for us?

Official Languages committee  I'll just add one thing, with your permission, Mr. Paradis, which is that the departmental performance report that Jean-Pierre is talking about is, of course, the Canadian Heritage departmental performance report, because we are the department that coordinates the road map. It is

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Paradis. I am going to let my colleague Mr. Gauthier make a presentation on a rather complex issue. We understand that there may well be a lot of questions. Therefore, it will be a brief presentation. We understand the question is mainly to address the road map

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Public servants hold frequent and regular consultations. We held one yesterday when we had a meeting with our colleagues from other departments. We have a very well-established network. There is mutual encouragement and tools are constantly put at their dis

Official Languages committee  We have carried out a few studies on social funding, but we have not yet applied this to the Department of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. That does not mean that we will not do so. I know that the Department of Employment and Social Development has teams that have been

Official Languages committee  Mr. Fraser will draft his report based on the information he will get from us, and which the committee can also use to get informed. As you said, the issue has been around for some time. It is important to keep in mind that, for each dollar the federal government invests through

Official Languages committee  The question was asked in very concrete terms a few years ago when the Auditor General of Canada, after similar concerns were expressed, went to Nova Scotia—where some of the harshest critics are from—to look at how the province was spending money intended for second-language lea

Official Languages committee  The reports prepared by the provinces for us are the ones that best fit what the hon. member is looking for.