Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning to you, Commissioner, and to the team accompanying you. Thank you for being here today. We've talked about the crisis in Ontario and about the feeling that there have been setbacks in other provinces. That's possibly the case in New

Official Languages committee  You mentioned a federal-provincial-territorial meeting in your presentation. How do you see that? How could that advance official languages in Canada?

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Caza, thank you for being here today and clarifying a number of things for us. I would like to share something with my colleagues. In a stoke of genius, last weekend the Franco-Ontarian artist Mélissa Ouimet released a song called “Personne n

Official Languages committee  It's sad that we have to go to battle once again to protect our gains. It's really problematic. As we build things up, we are suddenly being forced to back down, against our will. What could the federal government do to put up a resistance to this kind of reaction on the part of

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Caza.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I completely agree with this motion except that we should add two more people. I'm not sure how to go about it, but I think we should meet with the Deputy Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs, Marie-Lison Fougère, who also plays a major ro

Official Languages committee  They would be provincial government officials.

Official Languages committee  That goes without saying.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for being here, Ms. Adam. I am happy to see recognition for the work of Jean-Robert Gauthier and Mauril Bélanger, who preceded me in my riding, and whose exemplary work I am continuing with a great deal of pride. When you are a francophone in a minority community and b

Official Languages committee  I would simply like to quickly say that the solution announced by Minister Hussen, that the Centre francophone de Toronto would be responsible for settlement services for francophone immigrants arriving at Pearson Airport, could be one of the tools that will help the university t

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. I care deeply about this issue, and so do my constituents. This is an important issue not only for Ontario's francophone population, but also for the entire population of Ontario. We often talk about the

Official Languages committee  Do you have the mandate to negotiate with and present projects to the federal government? Do you have the authority to do so?

Official Languages committee  So you have the authority to present a project to the federal government that comes from your minister.

Official Languages committee  Maybe I misunderstood. I thought that I heard you say that you hadn't received an invitation to hold this discussion. Perhaps you didn't ask the federal government the question. I just want to remind the committee members that the Honourable Caroline Mulroney received a letter f

Official Languages committee  Will the commissioner alone make decisions on budgets and priorities, or will the ombudsman have this role?