Official Languages committee  Mr. Corbeil works continuously with experts on the matter. He, himself, is an expert, as you know.

Official Languages committee  He is a Canadian and international expert.

Official Languages committee  He works with Mr. Landry, and he has worked with several stakeholders in the field.

Official Languages committee  The answer is yes.

Official Languages committee  I cannot comment. Mr. Corbeil is the expert, so that is for him to do. That is part of the tests and trials we will do.

Official Languages committee  I think it is actually 50,000 people.

Official Languages committee  They will take place in 2019.

Official Languages committee  There are several ways to do testing. For my part, I believe strongly in initial qualitative tests, which may take the form of discussion groups, cognitive tests, or one-on-one tests. There is a great deal of work that can be done at the cognitive level by using representative s

Official Languages committee  There is the census, but there are also other means. All of this must be done simultaneously. We must not wait to see that it is not working and then have to change tack and do things differently. We have an obligation, and we our meeting it. We are also going to examine the cour

Official Languages committee  We have always recognized the importance of linguistic data.

Official Languages committee  Work was done in 1993 and in 1998 to test some questions, as you already know. This has been mentioned several times, and I said it in my statement also. Unfortunately, the tests were not conclusive at the time. Looking at things today, we are examining what we can do for the fut

Official Languages committee  Do you want to know if the data were used? I am sorry, I do not understand your question.

Official Languages committee  Yes, the data were widely used and are still used a lot today. That is the most comprehensive survey we have ever done on languages in Canada. It allowed us to collect very detailed data on minority communities. This survey proved to be a great success, and the data are still u

Official Languages committee  I am not familiar with all the details of this survey. Mr. Corbeil would be the best person to answer your question. However, I can say that it is certain that this survey can be used by the provinces. I am sorry that I cannot offer you more information on the communities. We co

Official Languages committee  Statistics Canada has a Centre for Education Statistics. As you know, education falls under provincial jurisdiction. The role of Statistics Canada is to work with the provinces and territories to collect and provide harmonized Canada-wide data on education. This is a successful p