Official Languages committee  It has never been submitted to the courts, but it certainly could be.

Official Languages committee  It could be said that this is required by part VII of the Official Languages Act. In addition, since the census is a federal government obligation, it should do what needs to be done to implement section 23 properly.

Official Languages committee  I would add that in many cases, education is partly offered in French. For instance, in Toronto, we know that there are very few French-language high schools. The Ontario French-Language Services Commissioner has in fact spoken out against that situation on two occasions. We have

Official Languages committee  Mr. Paul raised this topic earlier. We must not forget that some people are dissuaded from answering the question on mother tongue. There is a question, but it is imperfect. As Mr. Paul said, the instructions clearly say that if you learned two languages at the same time and spok

Official Languages committee  We have certainly talked about it a lot. However, we don't claim to be able to do Statistics Canada's work, as they are the ones who know, for instance, how to test the questions. However, we do think it would be possible to ask a question about the language in which parents and

Official Languages committee  This could certainly be useful and interesting. However, it would be important that such a survey not replace the census with regard to these questions. In 2006, people who were targeted by the census survey were identified in the census. We want to survey the entire population a

Official Languages committee  I would simply add that some of these issues are clearly on the upswing, for instance the issues regarding the children of exogamous couples who did not learn French as a mother tongue. Some of these people who went to French schools and are beginning to have their own families s

Official Languages committee  It was the Supreme Court.

Official Languages committee  The Supreme Court relied on that data. It also ordered the province to collect data. However, the school board and the province agreed that the most effective, if not the only tool, is the census.

Official Languages committee  There is a very partial precedent in Alberta for data being collected by school boards. English-language school boards are responsible for collecting data, using a long form, about allergies and so forth, as well as linguistic data. This nearly represents a conflict of interest,

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Hello everyone. Reliable, complete data on French speakers outside Quebec are necessary to uphold at least two constitutional rights: first, the right to minority language instruction guaranteed under section 23 of the charter, which applies where numbers warrant; an