Official Languages committee  They could be available if a request is made.

Official Languages committee  Clearly, it must be understood that we obtain reports that are validated by the provincial authorities and that follow their own accounting rules. We have a co-operative relationship and we must have faith in what the provinces are telling us. Sometimes, these questions open the

Official Languages committee  I would like to quickly talk about another aspect. In the case of French-immersion students, major efforts have been made—our colleague from Canadian Parents for French can no doubt talk about them—to try to keep students in immersion until they graduate from high school. That i

Official Languages committee  Yes, it is the same thing.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Gourde, I would like to add one comment. As Mr. Gauthier said, there have been many concrete and specific initiatives, especially with Collège Boréal, in northern Ontario. This college has greatly expanded the provision of trades and trade training in French. The Cité collég

Official Languages committee  I should first make it clear that the amount of $265 million that you mentioned will be spent each year for five years and will be invested in education. The amount that the Roadmap for Linguistic Duality provides for education represents about a third of the resources transferre

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to say a few words before handing things over to my colleague Jean-Pierre Gauthier, who will make the presentation. I would certainly like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to talk about second languages, a key topic for the Departme

Official Languages committee  When you say last year, what year are you talking about?

Official Languages committee  The funds the minister is referring to were spread over the two programs—the Development of Official-Language Communities Program and the Enhancement of Official Languages Program. They had to do with initiatives announced as completed at the time. Those initiatives were supposed

Official Languages committee  As the minister said, it's a combination of the two. There are some new initiatives—which were announced in 2008—and some ongoing ones. The initiative you are talking about was new.

Official Languages committee  The minister answered that question earlier.

Official Languages committee  I think it was $224 million.

Official Languages committee  I don't have the most recent figures. It's Citizenship and Immigration Canada that could actually give them to you. Off the top of my head, I know that, for a few years, the largest contingents came from France, Haiti and Congo, but not necessarily in that order.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Dion is probably referring to the research centre at the Université du Québec en Outaouais...

Official Languages committee  ...and its employees were relocated to the National Research Council of Canada. To my knowledge, their roles have not changed within the National Research Council. Just the location changed.