Official Languages committee  In the last census, it was 3,015 people.

Official Languages committee  That is the official number, according to Statistics Canada.

Official Languages committee  It can happen that we have projects in partnership with anglophone analysts; translating legal documents, for example, or for seniors and health. It happens, but they are real partnerships and we distribute the information in French. No anglophone organization provides bilingual

Official Languages committee  I was involved in compiling the official statistics for this area. For the Atlantic provinces, it is 42%. So you have to do the math. It would be 42% of 3,000 francophones,

Official Languages committee  I thought I was here to talk about immigration, actually.

Official Languages committee  That is an evolving situation. We are talking about the roadmaps, specifically the most recent ones. In our presentation, we did not want to go back over 40 years of development. Some things existed beforehand. We still do not have services in French in bilingual medical clinics.

Official Languages committee  This is a very specific situation that the other provinces do not have. Since last year, I have been the co-chair of the health sub-committee that is part of the regional cooperation between Atlantic Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The committee’s mandate is to further th

Official Languages committee  About 6,000.

Official Languages committee  We have early childhood services in French, but they are not enough by a long shot. That is not one of the successes, because a huge amount of work still remains to be done. Currently, there is only one francophone day care in the province and that day care is in St. John’s. Ther

Official Languages committee  There are none in the other communities. One day care is about to be established. A group recently became involved; we had to change the province's legislation on cooperatives to move things along. It was a matter of principle. Basically, the act only allowed the word “cooperat

Official Languages committee  Are we talking about the same amounts?

Official Languages committee  I don't know.

Official Languages committee  It was last year, just before the federal elections.

Official Languages committee  In my experience with Employment and Social Development Canada’s administration in particular, formerly HRSDC, my feeling is that they just do not have the management capacity. I will give you two examples: RDEE and RESDAC. The department is not able to manage all kinds of projec

Official Languages committee  When RESDAC had its funding, we were able to conduct a needs analysis in our communities. So we did a wonderful study that was supposed to be implemented. We had their support in drafting funding applications. The direct service is provided provincially, because it’s in provincia