Official Languages committee  Yes, we received them. As for the economic sector, we have received our funds in the manner—

Official Languages committee  Exactly. Our agreements with ESDC end in March 2017.

Official Languages committee  For information purposes, we will be pleased to send you the brief that will be submitted to the Department of Canadian Heritage, along with the answers we've provided you today.

Official Languages committee  Thank you as well.

Official Languages committee  Yes, totally. First nations are an integral part of Canadian civil society. Therefore, as far as I'm concerned, they have the same rights as the anglophone and francophone population.

Official Languages committee  Okay.

Official Languages committee  I hope you'll forgive me for answering you in French. In any event, you've noticed from my accent that I'm from France. There's no sense hiding it. I'm not an immigrant like Valérie Sniadoch, because I'm a former French diplomat who remained in Canada, out of love for the countr

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. We are in the process of creating two major projects for youth. We are going to start consultations with school boards in Ontario. We have a project called Apprendre l'entreprise, which is for schools, and another by the same name that's for older kids, who have aces

Official Languages committee  You'll have to talk to my executive director.

Official Languages committee  We received funds from Employment and Social Development Canada, or ESDC. We currently have an overall annual budget of $2 million, and we receive $448,000 a year from IRCC for our five employees.

Official Languages committee  It's limited. For example, we have specific projects with the Ontario Trillium Foundation that gives us grants. We recently applied for an Ontario 150 grant, but it's project specific and completely limited.

Official Languages committee  We were thinking a third more from ESDC. Our expectations are much more concrete in terms of employability and immigration, since the current budget does not allow us to have enough human resources to cover the entire province and adequately meet immigration and employability nee

Official Languages committee  Yes, we work very closely with entrepreneurs. There is a continuum of services: how to start a business, financial literacy, support for young entrepreneurs, succession and mentoring. Moreover, as I have said very clearly, we have projects, including ecotourism, tourism, developm