Official Languages committee  I would like to add something. It's the same thing about school boards. A few years ago in Smithers, the principal of the immersion school had to decide how to use the money that he had received for education in French. Yet when we asked the school board what he had done with the

Official Languages committee  Do I have to answer in five minutes?

Official Languages committee  There are four school boards in our region, and each one is different. The school board in Prince Rupert supports the French program. It works, and everyone is happy. The Coast Mountains school board, which includes Terrace, Hazelton and Kitimat views this program negatively. I'

Official Languages committee  I think it's different here. I don't know if anyone else can answer this.

Official Languages committee  It was a very good question. I used the example of Hazelton, where the three languages are used. It's important because in the three small communities of Hazelton, South Hazelton and New Hazelton, the people have the support of the Gitxsan nation. The three languages are taught

Official Languages committee  I can't answer for the entire province, but I know which languages are in our region. In Haida Gwaii, there is Haida. In Prince Rupert, there is Sm'algyax, the language of the Timshians, which is also spoken in Terrace. Do you say “dialect” in French?

Official Languages committee  In Kitimat, it's Haisla. In Hazelton, they speak Gitanmaax, which I already mentioned, then Wet'suwet'en in Smithers. So there are six.

Official Languages committee  [Inaudible].

Official Languages committee  Yes, yes, I understand.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and distinguished members of the committee. I am a Francophile and the executive director of AFFNO. I am a good example, I believe, of the importance of French immersion. I was in a French immersion program until I graduated. Today, we have the choice to do

Official Languages committee  You have all received the chronological presentation that explains what has happened over the last five years in our region with school boards and FSL. Today, I will use the five minutes I have to talk about our unique situation in northwestern British Columbia with respect to th