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Official Languages committee Yes. Among the economic class newcomers, these temporary workers make up the majority. The temporary visa process is faster, actually. For an employer, it is much easier to recruit someone in a few weeks instead of waiting for months on end. Entry express promises that the waitin
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee The challenge for our immigration networks to provide services to temporary workers has been brought up a number of times before immigration officials and before the minister himself. Some immigration networks are lucky to obtain provincial funding, which enables them to provide
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Over the past three years, little has changed. Our francophone immigration networks still do not have authorization to provide direct services, not in my area anyway. Some benefit from some provincial funding, but not us. There is also the problem that many economic class immigr
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee We cannot be.
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Thank you, Mr. Gourde I don't have the exact numbers, but I can say that, after having worked since 2008 in community immigration and francophone immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador, the economy was very good in terms of jobs. Also, most francophone newcomers came for econo
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Thank you. Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Gaël Corbineau and I am the director general of the Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador. The Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador was established in 1977 and is a not-for-profit or
March 24th, 2015Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee That is absolutely one of the criteria in Newfoundland and Labrador. Economic growth is making a lot of families come and settle in St. John's as a result of the oil industry. I myself am an example of that. That was one of my criteria before I moved to Newfoundland and Labrador.
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Not as far as I know, no.
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Sir, I will try to be brief because I know your time is limited. Earlier you talked about how to attract newcomers. I'm going to focus solely on newcomers from outside Canada. There is currently something very paradoxical about the roadmap. Citizenship and Immigration Canada pro
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Personally, I believe that early childhood is really the foundation of our francophone communities. All of us here live in regions where the vast majority is anglophone. In spite of all our efforts, our children do not necessarily have a lot of opportunities to develop in French
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee Today, our services start at the age of two. Ideally they should start at birth. As a result of the way society is evolving, mothers want to resume their professional careers as soon as possible.
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee You're right; parents have a major role to play in education. They have to speak the language as much as possible, particularly when they live in a majority anglophone environment. They must not forget to speak the language. Our organizations are working on this kind of awareness
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee I won't repeat everything my colleagues have said, but the two answers they have just given reflect our situation to a great extent. The roadmap has definitely made it possible to achieve a lot of progress in recent years. Since 2008, a major organization, our provincial communit
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee That's the St. John's day care centre, which has had 14 spaces since 2005, since it was established.
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau
Official Languages committee No, it's a problem with the premises; they have to be expanded.
April 24th, 2012Committee meeting
Gaël Corbineau