Citizenship and Immigration committee  At this time, the integration journey in minority francophone environments is fragmented. A francophone immigrant who arrives in Alberta can benefit from a first orientation service in the French language. However, afterwards he may not have access to the entire continuum of Fren

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The francophone lawyers' associations wish to offer more specialized services to francophone immigrants. That is a perfect example of gaps in the immigrants' integration journey. That is one of the sectors that needs to be developed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd simply like to add that the francophone communities really liked the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program. And so, the communities are favourable to the idea of implementing a program of that type, both in the North and the west. However, we must reflect on distinct approaches

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Johnson is appearing via video conference.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Official Languages committee  The first green line indicates that if the complaint is dismissed out of hand because it is deemed inadmissible, the complainant can immediately go to the tribunal.

Official Languages committee  Generally speaking, I think the modernization of the act provides us with these tools. We propose creating a culture of official languages that is much more present in federal institutions. If this isn't the case and these institutions don't respond to the call, we have concrete

Official Languages committee  It's in the text of the act and not in the two-page summary.

Official Languages committee  In our draft bill, we included in Part VII a provision to clarify Canada's obligation to promote its bilingualism abroad. Also, in one of her recent forums, Minister Joly asked whether we needed to clarify the role of the Minister of the Francophonie in order to include the prom

Official Languages committee  Our chart explains the steps a person should expect if they file a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. It all starts, of course, with the filing of the complaint. The Commissioner then decides whether to investigate or dismiss the complaint out of

Official Languages committee  These would be: that the responsibility of implementing the OLA be entrusted to a central agency; that there be a right of participation and an obligation to consult the communities; that an administrative tribunal be created so that you can impose binding orders on reluctant ins

Official Languages committee  There are two ways of doing this, whether there is a Minister of State or some other entity. In the law, we used the term “Minister of Official Languages”, quite simply. This person would be independent and would not necessarily report to Treasury Board. That said, the President

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. We agree on that.

Official Languages committee  We have a chart that explains how the roles are divided up. In it we indicate the process for a complaint to the office of the commissioner or an administrative tribunal, respectively. I invite the members of the committee to circulate that tool.

Official Languages committee  The federal government already adds binding clauses in several of its transfer agreements.