Official Languages committee  That funding split won't help us because entrepreneurs don't start day cares. More spaces for skills training and money for child care worker training are positive measures, but better training doesn't fix worker retention and recruitment problems, not to mention all the other l

Official Languages committee  We have a good relationship with Canadian Heritage. The help the department provides to the minority francophone community is of course very important. However, insofar as early childhood is concerned, nothing is permanent. The whole topic of early childhood was almost completely

Official Languages committee  We are talking about amending the structure, that is to say including permanent legislative measures so that the province does not forget about us. For instance, in 2014 the province offered a lot of funding to open new day care spaces, but up till now, only two projects involved

Official Languages committee  We would really like to see permanent solutions adopted at the federal level. It would be good to include early childhood in particular in the new roadmap for official languages, and to make it an important file, a strategic axis, like immigration and health, which are also impor

Official Languages committee  I'll answer that, if I may. Our federation is taking advantage of your being here today to release a study on French-language day care in British Columbia. You'll find the report in our brief, at tab A. Towards the end of the report, in appendix B, you'll find a list of all the