Official Languages committee  First, I must say that I had the opportunity to meet with Pierre Lavallée to remind him of his organization's obligations under the Official Languages Act.

Official Languages committee  It was last month.

Official Languages committee  He has committed to respecting them. It is unacceptable that the Canada Infrastructure Bank does not comply with the Official Languages Act. Second, I have talked to my colleague, of course, but I cannot report on discussions in cabinet or the Treasury Board. However, I can tell

Official Languages committee  Thank you. This is the first time that a minister of official languages has also been responsible for the francophonie. That means the francophonie in Canada, of course, but mostly the international francophonie. It enables us to highlight the importance of the French fact once

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  I would be happy to provide you with more data. These amounts were approved by the Treasury Board and have been distributed. However, I must provide the data in compliance with privacy laws.

Official Languages committee  If those data can be made public, I will be happy to provide them to you. Furthermore, other budget increases are expected. At the moment, we are in extensive talks with the various organizations. In the past, the same organizations were often the ones that received the money.

Official Languages committee  We were told that some organizations that had never received funding would like to receive it. We are in the process of discussing both with these organizations and with those that have traditionally received funding from the department, to see how we can further increase funding

Official Languages committee  There are two things. Since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's activities are the responsibility of the Corporation itself and since, in order to respect its independence, the government is not involved in its activities, I would invite you to ask the CEO of the CBC to expl

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, members of the committee. It is a pleasure to see you all here together. Thank you for inviting me here today to talk, first, about the provisional budget 2019-20 and, second, the proposal to hold a federal-provincial-territorial summit on offic

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to answer my colleague's question about the fair treatment of francophones in our armed forces. I remind the member that we reinvested in Royal Military College Saint-Jean to finally give our service members access to university training, which was not

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is in no position to teach us anything about protecting Canada's francophones. If my colleague has concerns about the state of bilingualism in our federal institutions, I invite him to participate in our consultations on the modernization of the O

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Ottawa—Vanier for her excellent work, her very good question and everything she does for Franco-Ontarians. We, on this side of the House, believe in the Canadian francophonie and particularly in the importance of bilingualism

Tourism  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lesson from the Harper Conservatives, who decided to make cuts in the tourism sector by cutting into Canada's marketing to international visitors, basically letting down the 1.8 million Canadians who work in the sector. On this side of the House, we b

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Brome—Missisquoi for his excellent question. We are proud to give a strong voice to over 1.8 million Canadians who work in this sector. In fact, not only are we proud, but it is time that that sector got the recognition it deserves.