Official Languages committee  We're a regional community organization that develops programs to help sustain and increase the vitality of the English community, but within all sectors. We'll develop projects to support the community, to help them access information in the area of arts and culture, health and

Official Languages committee  Approximately 50% to 60% of our annual budget comes from federal funding. Our core program funding comes from Canadian Heritage. We have funding that comes through McGill from Health Canada for the retention and recruitment program, and the CHSSN, the Community Health and Social

Official Languages committee  And partners. Yes.

Official Languages committee  We do the best we can. We spoke quickly before about CBC. The CBC is a huge partner of ours. Their in-kind contribution annually reaches about $45,000 to $50,000 in added publicity, the information and access, etc., to their programming. We do the best we possibly can. We do so

Official Languages committee  Depending on the year and the programs we manage to get, I'd say approximately 60% would be federal, 30% would be provincial, and then the 10% would be local/regional.

Official Languages committee  It's so minimal. Obviously we have to because we have responsibilities for contributions that come from our organization to be able to access these other funds. We will more often get partners who will sustain us with in-kind contributions to support the work we're doing within t

Official Languages committee  Luckily, in the Eastern Townships, we have a very good relationship with the officers responsible for applying part VII of the act, in order to ensure that minority language communities have access to these programs. By working in collaboration with them over the last three year

Official Languages committee  It is funny that you would raise that point, since that program still exists, except it wasn't renewed last year. In fact, the administrative details for managing that program and the expectations of the department with respect to reporting are so atrocious that the bookkeeper wh

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Volunteers, volunteers! Without our volunteers, we would not be able to get anything done. We have some extraordinary people. Mr. Cutting is a good example. I think he must work between 20 and 25 hours a week on a volunteer basis to support the association, whether that means com

Official Languages committee  I believe many of the big victories we've had and the measurable positive results over the past few years go almost against that perception, because of the building of the networks, because of the application of the CLCs, which bring together multiple players from many different

Official Languages committee  The perception of opportunity is a big issue that we face constantly. A lot of the youth don't know why they would want to go to school, why they would want to go further in school, because where is it going to bring them if they want to stay home? And some of them don't want to

Official Languages committee  You have to demonstrate the opportunity. You have to demonstrate the services that are available and the structures that exist. We have to maintain the vitality of all of our institutions, so that will help draw forward new people and keep them, and demonstrate that it's okay to

Official Languages committee  How do we counter the outmigration?

Official Languages committee  Migration.