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Official Languages committee  I had finished answering your question. Thank you.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  We are one of the interveners in the case, but I have to say that the decision was made by the former Harper government.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  I have to tell you that, when we came into power, the previous position had been to interpret positive measures in a restricted way. That is why I had to change the channel internally by sending those letters to my colleagues, to make sure that we were going to interpret positive

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  I hope that the commissioner of official languages will also interpret it broadly. I have spoken to him about it.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Obviously, answering the needs and, quite frankly, anxieties of anglophones in Quebec is a top priority, and that's why in the official languages plan we came up with a $5-million support specific to the anglophone community in Quebec. We also fund many youth organiza

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  Obviously, we made sure to make many commitments to our public service to increase the capacity of our public service all across the board. That creates a lot of opportunity, including in Quebec, and it also ensures that there is a greater need to have a bilingual capacity all ac

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  Well, I think we've had a strong stance in terms of, first, the importance of official bilingualism, and second, the importance of minority linguistic rights, and therefore the rights of anglophones in Quebec as well. We have been clear that we would support the Charter of Rights

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  All the major forums are accessible online. That was the case for Moncton and Ottawa and it will also be the case for the three other forums to come. We also take questions from the public, from those following us on their mobile phones, at home or at work.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  Different things. As francophones—I feel that everyone here will feel involved—for sure we have the responsibility to call on our anglophone colleagues and our official languages allies and convince them to take an interest in the modernization of the Official Languages Act. That

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is what I heard. I also heard a lot about the importance of addressing the powers of the Commissioner, for example, the importance of the Legal Challenges Program, or the way in which to develop language clauses that would basically encourage compliance in federal tran

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  There are always good organizations. I think that today we have here a representative of Canadian Parents for French, which promotes French immersion and, by extension, bilingualism among young people. That's one thing. In addition, I think that we need to involve our provincial

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  You've raised a very good point. I think that the government, the public and all the parties share this responsibility. We must reaffirm the importance of our two official languages, bilingualism, and the fact that this matter is part of our identity and history. We must never ta

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal

Official Languages committee  I don't want to correct you, Mr. Clarke, but the government doesn't choose the Commissioner of Official Languages. Parliament chooses the Commissioner of Official Languages, because the commissioner is an agent of Parliament.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Mélanie JolyLiberal