Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. On that note, I want us first to acknowledge that the current francophonie is multicultural and that there needs to be an active offer where people are informed that the services exist. Mostly, we must promote the services to new immigrants. If the

Official Languages committee  Waiting lists are very long. There are insufficient child care services. My children are aged 4 and 6, and their names have been on the waiting list for years. So the children had to attend anglophone kindergartens, and they then had to be refrancized when they went to school. Th

Official Languages committee  The funding has been and continues to be reduced every year. Last year, we received $284,000 and this year, $275,000. Two years ago, we received almost $300,000, and $500,000 three or four years before that. Funding is reduced every year, to the point that we are constantly wonde

Official Languages committee  Yes, we have received core funding through the Canadian Heritage official languages program.

Official Languages committee  We received funding from Canadian Heritage only for our project on mother tongue transmission in an exogamous context.

Official Languages committee  Of course. As I mentioned, the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne represents 12 women's groups across the country and many of those groups have projects on violence against women, for instance. Almost 100 women a year receive services for that. In terms of exogam

Official Languages committee  I will use the example of Manitoba, where I live. Unfortunately, there is no first stage housing in Manitoba for francophone women going through a crisis or conflict situation. Francophone women also don't have access to a crisis response service call line. In other words, women

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for your question. I am Blandine Ngoga Tona. Yes, there were a lot of cuts to the funding for women’s groups. Right now, only five of the 12 groups we represent receive funding. As for the others, volunteers do the work for two reasons. First, most of the ti

Official Languages committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I would first like to thank you for inviting the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne to come and give its remarks on the next official languages action plan. The acronym is AFFC. It is long. The AFFC is the voice of 1.3