Official Languages committee  I would not necessarily say it is because of the job opportunities. Some reasons are partly historical. The French community has a lot of socio-cultural connections with Quebec. It is impossible for them to turn on the TV in the evening without seeing a Quebec artist. For many re

Official Languages committee  That is true. Perhaps I should have explained this earlier. We occasionally take what we call liaison trips. Colleagues from Ottawa, Dakar or Rabat, Morocco, travel to various parts of the country. Some colleagues of mine have just returned from Ontario. We do at least one trip

Official Languages committee  If I can answer part of that. A lot of students from France prefer to go to Quebec because there's an agreement between Quebec and France about tuition fees, which allows a French student to go to study in Quebec for the same fee that a local student pays. However, we see a trend

Official Languages committee  That is very hard to say. I would doubt very much that it is 50%. Since there are no exit controls in Canada, we do not know how many of these young people return to France after the fact. We do know that the French community in Canada is growing. Every year we see an increase i

Official Languages committee  In general, young families try it. Young people often go to Canada as through programs such as International Experience Canada. Under an agreement we have with France, 14,000 French youth can enter Canada with a work permit and stay for a limited period of time, from 12 to 18 mon

Official Languages committee  There are many reasons. Unfortunately for France, its economy is not doing very well. Its unemployment rate is very high, particularly among young people. Many people are very well educated and, in many instances, have good work experience, but they have a history of contract wor

Official Languages committee  We organize regular training sessions. We hold 80 to 100 information sessions a year at the Canadian Cultural Centre. We have started organizing webinars, not just for the French, but for all francophones who want to register. We attend job fairs during the year and give talks a

Official Languages committee  That would definitely be one way of increasing the percentage of francophones settling in New Brunswick. However, New Brunswick is already able to select a number of its immigrants. It already has tools it can use to do that.

Official Languages committee  Strictly speaking, New Brunswick does not have international offices, but representatives of that province frequently come and recruit in Europe and Africa. I believe they are coming for another week in June. Last November, the province set up what we call Destination Nouveau-Bru