Official Languages committee  For us, the key is to be able to live in French on a daily basis. We have spent a lot of time in these last 30 years building our network of schools. We have more than 700 francophone schools in the country. That is excellent, but the work must continue. We are going to need dayc

Official Languages committee  For us, this program is critical and it always has been, so we're glad it's been reinstated. This is the last card to play, for us. It is always important to work with our provincial, territorial and federal governments, but if our rights are not respected, there are non-partisan

Official Languages committee  This is absolutely essential. For the first time, we will have a complete picture of all those whose children are entitled to attend a French-language school. It also means that there will be some pretty significant changes in terms of the government investments needed to support

Official Languages committee  I would say that our communities have to think about promoting and preserving French, and not just in terms of our minority communities and the majority in Quebec. We must put all our heads together in order to promote our language. The new logic that the Speech from the Throne p

Official Languages committee  We could design our post-secondary system like a national network that would include institutions in Quebec and would include the idea of francophone mobility all over the country, in order to identify their services. I feel that this is a new avenue that the vision of recognizin

Official Languages committee  For us, the planned reform of the official languages that Minister Joly has published met a number of the communities' demands and priorities. When we studied the plan, we saw that it contained 80% of our requests.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Let me say that the president, Jean Johnson, would really have preferred to be here. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, I will be making the presentation, but he most certainly sends his regards. Thank you for invit

Official Languages committee  The report says that 80% of the assistance received by francophone community organizations came from the federal government and partially met their needs. That said, it's also necessary to understand from our report that the assistance must continue. If we were to lose the suppor

Official Languages committee  Of course, when serving the public, our members who received assistance were able to purchase personal protective equipment and, to some extent, provide services remotely. That's good. In terms of whether official languages are included in the crisis plans of governments, includ

Official Languages committee  On a broader level, the federal government must ensure that the provinces fulfill this role and incorporate official language elements. If the province can't fulfill this role, the community organizations should be able to play the role for the public.

Official Languages committee  I'd like to add something.

Official Languages committee  Our study shows that 60% of the organizations consulted have suffered revenue losses as a result of the pandemic. However, in New Brunswick, this percentage rises to 70%. Compared to the national average, organizations in your province are more affected by revenue losses.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Fortunately, IRCC knows that francophone settlement services need to be beefed up. At this time, the support and capacity strengthening for this network are not equivalent to that of the anglophone side. IRCC has already made that a funding priority, thanks to the Action Plan for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. Quite simply, in the anglophone and bilingual contribution agreements, you could include the obligation to direct a francophone client to French-language services. Too often, we hear about cases where a francophone immigrant arrived in St. John's, Newfoundland, did n

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Outside Quebec, there is currently a demographic crisis in the francophonie. As Statistics Canada indicated, simply maintaining the demographic weight of francophones in minority environments would mean that francophone immigration would have to rise to 6%. Temporary workers and