Official Languages committee  I will give you my answer and then I will give the floor to Mr. Denis. The government's overall plan establishes a target of 4.4% and a deadline by which that must be achieved. Naturally, the federal government is not responsible for what the provinces do. It is a co-ordinated e

Official Languages committee  I have the figures in front of me. It's about 2%.

Official Languages committee  No, not in 2018.

Official Languages committee  We support community organizations through federal settlement funding. The Canadian immigrant integration program is really community-based. There are about 500 settlement service providers, about 50 of which are francophone. We work more closely with the provinces that have set

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Samson. I heard your recommendations, but I am not sure whether you had questions about the first two issues you mentioned.

Official Languages committee  My answer to the first question is no, but my answers to the second and third questions are both yes. With regard to the third question about whether we communicate regularly with the representatives from the other provinces and encourage them to follow the examples of Ontario a

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your questions, Ms. Boucher. We have pretty accurate data on the number of people who are working and the number of people who are working in the province where they first arrived. We have access to that information because our databases are linked to the tax syste

Official Languages committee  That data does not exist.

Official Languages committee  I imagine that it would be difficult for a society like Canada to collect that type of information.

Official Languages committee  Yes. The tests that we are using are not used only for immigration. These tests are designed by large international corporations that design language tests for various purposes, for example, university admissions. We have been looking for a Canadian company to design these test

Official Languages committee  There is every reason to believe that it will cost about the same to take the test in French or English in Canada. Internationally, it is very complex because the price varies from one country to another. Naturally, there is a bigger demand worldwide for English tests.

Official Languages committee  That being said, there will be a significant improvement. The test will be designed in Canada.

Official Languages committee  This is really a non-partisan issue. Previous governments, whether they were Liberal or Conservative, have not had any success in this regard. Now, what has changed is that, rather than choosing between selection tools, retention tools, and tools for coordinating with the provinc

Official Languages committee  Since I am the assistant deputy minister of Ms. Price's directorate, I will answer that question. There are people at the department who are working on that, including our colleagues from Paris and those who deal with policies and activities. To support these efforts, an increas

Official Languages committee  To your question on what proportion of money will go to the communities, I can say that of the $40 million, $36 million will be devoted to the integration programs offered by the services providers in the communities.