Official Languages committee  I don't think the provinces count the rights holders in the same way as the census. The provinces use census data to determine what the clientele will be for the next five years. It allows them to know how to organize the schools, to make infrastructure plans and so on. The provi

Official Languages committee  And they won't tomorrow either.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. I will briefly go back to what Mr. Landry told you about the importance of early childhood and education. If we look at this as concentric circles, we can see how essential this is for the transmission and vitality of the language. As we know, French

Official Languages committee  I would like to answer—

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for inviting the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada to speak to you this morning about the issues related to the census as a tool for the enumeration of rights-holders under section

Finance committee  As I am no expert in cellular and Internet access, I am not sure that I could give a very intelligent answer to the second part of your question. However, to the first part, I can tell you that, in the communities we represent in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and some remo

Finance committee  It's a matter of equal access to federal funding and to federal programs that also help, in this case, develop services for francophones in terms of official languages. It is important to understand that, in order to ensure the vitality of both official languages, we also have to

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for inviting the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada to outline the priorities of francophones in minority situations in nine provinces and three territories

Official Languages committee  I have a map with me that I could leave with you. It shows the situation province by province, that is to say the places where services are provided and those where they are lacking. I think it varies from province to province. We see there is no continuum of service in any provi

Official Languages committee  It may depend on relations with the provincial government. It also depends on the way the IRCC behaves with the organizations in that province. There are variations in that behaviour. We say there should be a continuum of service in each of the provinces because, if one step is

Official Languages committee  As I told you, only one province really has an organization accredited to work with Syrian refugees, and that is Manitoba, which I think has taken in more than 300 francophone refugees. They are directed to francophone communities, that is schools and so on. When the federal gove

Official Languages committee  It was my pleasure.

Official Languages committee  The question of "by" and "for" is very important for us. The Department of Immigration obviously handles immigration. That is its field; that is what it does, and we understand that. Our organization does not just deal with immigration. However, it is takes an interest in the qu

Official Languages committee  That is exactly it. With respect to the roadmap, we knew that the social development initiative envelope had not been entirely distributed. Now that is done. One of the problems with francophone immigration is the "by" and the "for". In other words, in some provinces, we see an

Official Languages committee  In fact, I have a 25-year-old son and a 22-year-old daughter, and I can guarantee you we talked about early childhood when they were young. We had already identified that need.