Official Languages committee  There are two ways. The first would be a negotiation with the provincial government to create areas where you get both federal and provincial services at the same place. It would be easier this way to give access in English to some of the provincial programs. The other thing is

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Of course, if there are more offices, things will be better, but the criteria used to open or close offices have to be very clear. The reason behind the proceedings launched by SFM in Manitoba was the federal government's formula for the calculations. There had to be 500 people

Official Languages committee  Yes. The presence of a school was added to the criteria. That should improve things greatly.

Official Languages committee  It's worse than that. Department of Justice representatives appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages and said that withdrawing services from a minority did not run counter to part VII, insofar as the government's overall activities contained important

Official Languages committee  I think that would be section 20 of the charter, which concerns services provided to the public. It should include various things. Mandatory active offer would be one, and service of equal quality. I'll give you an example. The last amendment to the Official Languages Act aimed

Official Languages committee  Good morning.

Official Languages committee  Over the past two years, we have had the proof that that is possible. Two bilingual justices were appointed, one from the west and one from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Official Languages committee  I believe it should.

Official Languages committee  A detailed study needs to be done to see how that could apply in this area, but it is certainly one of the possibilities. Some people think that all that is needed is that the commissioner have powers of sanction and refer things more often to federal court. The problem is that i

Official Languages committee  Those are general principles. Most of the time, general principles are found in the preamble of an act, where its objectives are defined. I've never really thought about this. Mr. Beaulac's case was interesting. He was a francophone from Quebec who lived and worked in British Co

Official Languages committee  That is not enough, because clause 4 still states that the population to be served is made up of people who are a part of the category of francophones outside Quebec; what is meant by that is any person who is culturally francophone and for whom French is the first language learn

Official Languages committee  In fact, it's neither one nor the other. We are trying here to define the group of people to be taken into account. Some parts of the Official Languages Regulations determine how many of those people must make a request for the service to be provided. Afterwards, that is divided

Official Languages committee  I suppose so. Apparently one never loses one's title now.

Official Languages committee  Yes, perhaps. I hope not.