Official Languages committee  We all liked him.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  The Harper government's intention was to abolish the entire court challenges program. Thereafter, the department expressed its opinion that the program was very important, if not almost constitutional, and it was impossible to abolish it without compromising Canadians' language r

Official Languages committee  I am happy to be here.

Official Languages committee  I am ready.

Official Languages committee  I understand my colleague's point of view, but the Conservatives have nothing to teach me about official languages. You must know that, during the 10 years they were in power, they slashed more than $675 million from CBC. That had a direct effect on the vitality of minority lang

Official Languages committee  I know that my colleague Carla Qualtrough is currently working on the Canada Post issue. There were a lot of cuts to Canada Post under the Conservative government, and we wanted to make sure that home delivery was maintained and that better services are provided for Canadians in

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. As you said, when we held consultations on official languages in 22 cities across the country, we really heard the heartfelt pleas from community media, including community radio. We saw the extent to which hearing one's own particular voice on the radio hel

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  One of the first announcements we made, in fact, was to bring back university education to the College militaire royal de Saint-Jean. University education was provided in Kingston, mostly in English, but it was not provided in French at the military college in Saint-Jean-sur-Rich

Official Languages committee  All good news is welcome, I feel. I will be happy to have that conversation with you, with those involved in Ottawa, and with my parliamentary colleagues, because it is not every day that we amend the Official Languages Act. We have a golden opportunity here, a historic opportuni

Official Languages committee  For us, certainly, more direct support for communities was fundamental. As I was saying, we have heard their heartfelt pleas. The way to ensure the vitality of language communities involves providing services by, for and with those communities. That will create and keep jobs in t

Official Languages committee  Generally, as I said, in terms of positive measures, it is important for us that the government be proactive.

Official Languages committee  No. The government has developed a guide that gives a number of examples.

Official Languages committee  Yes, with pleasure. I think the Commissioner of Official Languages talked to you about it. The guide—