Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, to continue on from Ms. Frenette's comments, I will say that for our part, we are currently evaluating the programs we have implemented. In terms of the steering committee, we hope to collaborate with our partners, including the FCFA, to do an assessment. I believe th

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. I am also a newcomer to the department, and when I was assigned the role of official languages champion, I also checked the record. I noticed that the scores in our report card were lower than I might have hoped. I have also had an opportunity to see

Official Languages committee  As you saw from my preliminary remarks, there is indeed a distinction to be made between the approach we take for Quebec and the one we take for the other provinces and territories. That is all a result of the Canada-Quebec Accord, which gives the province exclusive authority ove

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, the answer I would offer is this. As you well know, we have a somewhat limited pool of potential francophone immigrants, first. Second, we are competing rather heavily with Quebec, which is also trying to attract a fair number of francophone immigrants. So, logically,

Official Languages committee  Other factors could be added to the answer, Mr. Chair. The provinces, and Manitoba, set their percentages, not CIC. The provinces reserve the right to decide what a reasonable immigration target would be.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, I do not think there is anything preventing them. As the member noted, we work hand in hand with the provinces and we also work with them on the programs they administer.

Official Languages committee  Yes, indeed. When I was assigned to this file, I had an opportunity to review and identify the major issues and the parameters of the file. Since the report was public, it was appended to the file. So I had an opportunity to go through it and familiarize myself with it.

Official Languages committee  From what I have here, the report was obviously released, so I would think that people were preparing to reply to the report. That would be logical.

Official Languages committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I would like to point out that replies to things like this are tabled by the government.

Official Languages committee  Under the Strategic Plan to Foster Immigration to Francophone Minority Communities that was adopted in 2006, it was decided that it would take 15 years to achieve the 4.4% target. That is why CIC adopted the target of 2023. In the meantime, under the roadmap, there was a request

Official Languages committee  I would perhaps like to add...

Official Languages committee  These are draft replies that would be covered by cabinet confidences. So I hesitate to say anything about that.

Official Languages committee  I am not certain that polarization results from those figures, no.

Official Languages committee  It may be the premise of the question that I do not accept. I do not know whether polarization necessarily results from the figures in that way.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I saw that recommendation in the report.