Official Languages committee  The purpose of coordination is also to try to help others succeed. In fact, what you have to consider is the money we give under the roadmap and from our regular budgets, which we receive every year. The secretariat is very small, but it can help with this coordination effort. Y

Official Languages committee  We have not yet reached the targets. We are considering other things. For example, we know people are applying to the Express Entry pool and not necessarily considering a francophone community. We think we may make changes to the system. Since we have their email addresses, we

Official Languages committee  Yes. People who are bilingual are assigned more points.

Official Languages committee  They would like to have more points. They would like to enjoy a kind of positive discrimination. As we previously said, we cannot force people to move to a given city. If they have a job or family in one place, that is where they will go. We are working with the communities and w

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. You talked about our minister earlier. That is one of the things he wants to do in the coming months. I cannot speak for him, but I know that is something he is thinking about.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We offer courses across the country in both official languages, and that is regardless of the province where the people are because they are offered everywhere.

Official Languages committee  I think that, given the way its representatives address the question, they are seeing only certain parts of the department at the same time. What they need in fact is a vision of everything the department does, not only in Ottawa, but across the country and around the world. For

Official Languages committee  No, not at all. That is what you saw in the last meetings as well. The continuum, from start to finish, not only across the country, but throughout the immigration system, is complicated. Since it includes integration in Canada, it concerns several departments, all levels of gove

Official Languages committee  The meeting that is held twice a year involves everyone. Otherwise, we see them and talk to them every day.

Official Languages committee  That is the difference between a bilateral and a multilateral meeting.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. We are very pleased to be appearing before you. This is not the first time for some of us, and that is very good. If I understand correctly, this meeting is the last time you will be discussing francophone immigration.

Official Languages committee  We will try to answer all your questions. We are pleased to be appearing today before the committee in connection with your study on the roadmap and immigration in the francophone minority communities. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Stefanie Beck, Assistant Deputy Min

Information & Ethics committee  We wouldn't do it at the beginning, not at the twinkle-in-the-eye portion, but when we have something a little more substantive we can exchange on, we do.

Information & Ethics committee  Good luck with that. I didn't know, but you're recommending or somebody is recommending a review every five years. That will help, rather than every 30 years, to keep it broad and big-picture and to give us wiggle room. We like that too.