Official Languages committee  It forgot us a long time ago. In 2016, we even submitted a complaint to the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages to object to it. We tried to negotiate with Public Services and Procurement Canada and to explain the situation. Cossette Media is responsible for buying

Official Languages committee  As part of the Action Plan for Official Languages, an envelope of $14.5 million over five years was allocated to official language minority community media. Of this amount, $4.5 million was allocated to youth internships and $10 million to strategic projects. We were asking for o

Official Languages committee  It's the same thing for English-language media in Quebec.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I was talking about English-language media in Quebec and French-language media in the rest of Canada. The program isn't suitable, and neither is the envelope.

Official Languages committee  Think of regions, such as the Gaspé region and the lower north shore, where the media is struggling to survive.

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon. Yes, I'm ready.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for having us today. I'm here before you this afternoon as the executive director of l'Association de la presse francophone but also as an authorized representative of the Official Language Community Media Consortium, which represen

Official Languages committee  Yesterday, we met with the assistant commissioner. She said to go and fight before the courts, which is rather serious! You know how those court cases will go; they will take five years, everyone will be dead, and we will probably win, but we will have bled to death in the meanti

Official Languages committee  Yes, it would be those three organizations.

Official Languages committee  It would be a one-year commitment, in other words, covering 12 months.

Official Languages committee  That's the fastest way to do it.

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's correct.

Official Languages committee  These would be transitional measures for the next 12 months, long enough for us to put the rest of the action plan in place. We are going to diversify our resources and work within existing budgets. That's what we want to do, but we need time. With that amount, we could do the wo

Official Languages committee  Unfortunately, it's not the same with regard to Public Services and Procurement Canada. At this time, the people in that department do not understand the situation and don't see the difference at all. They always send us back to their evaluation matrix and to the metadata of the

Official Languages committee  May I add something?