Official Languages committee  I am not sure we completely understand them all the time. It would probably be good to have information that is more comprehensible.

Official Languages committee  Transparency is important for both the government and us. We do not just ask that money be invested in official languages. We want that money to be transformed into effective measures that are taken by our communities and by the government itself. If we cannot determine whether t

Official Languages committee  In a study that we published on the Official Languages Act in 2009, we analyzed what was working well and what might be improved in that act. For it to be more coherent, we think the various parts of the act must form a whole and should be construed in relation to one another. To

Official Languages committee  As I said in my presentation, we think some priorities are essential, particularly early childhood. We also think certain investments are essential, that is to say investments in community organizations. The idea is to be able to continue building the capacity of our organization

Official Languages committee  A study was recently done on youth mobility to determine, in particular, why young people move from province to province. Mobility is also an issue for newcomers. How can we effectively promote our communities to people from other countries or provinces who come here? How can we

Official Languages committee  It ultimately causes problems.

Official Languages committee  We must welcome the action taken by the Liberal government, which assured us the next judges appointed would be bilingual. This is an important step in the right direction. When it was announced, we said, and we maintain, that this practice should be included in an act to ensure

Official Languages committee  You wanted a quick answer, so here it is: yes.

Official Languages committee  Definitely.

Official Languages committee  Early childhood is not included in the present roadmap.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Training programs are provided in our communities. They are there, and I think more students would take them if there were more job opportunities. For example, current needs are so great that I know some untrained people who are working in day care centres and being trained

Official Languages committee  I do not have any figures for you, but you need only look at the registration in certain French-language schools, for example. The fact that francophone schools are expanding suggests that, if day care services were available, more children would come and feed into those schools.

Official Languages committee  I do not believe the roadmap specifically supports infrastructure.

Official Languages committee  The roadmap could support infrastructure, and certain other departments could as well. On this point, it is also important to realize that the action plan for official languages is an important factor in mobilizing departments that have specific responsibilities or that will be

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. There have been examples of success from the time the first plan went into effect until the current roadmap. For example, I am thinking of what has been done in health services since the first action plans. We in the francophone communities were poor