Official Languages committee  Thank you, Ms. Ashton. I absolutely agree with you. What we want to add to part VII regarding immigration will tend in the right direction. However, the bill must contain stronger language given the obvious lack of action on immigration in the past 20 years. It will also have to

Official Languages committee  Mr. Beaulieu, I think you've mistaken me for someone else. You're probably talking about Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon, who is a historian on the Campus Saint-Jean and who has written an excellent book on the Laurendeau-Dunton Commission. I'll stop there since I only had 20 seconds.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for that question. Yes, I alluded to that appearance in my statement. Language clauses would definitely help solve the problem and enable the federal government to make foundational investments in post-secondary education while ensuring that the provinces don't diseng

Official Languages committee  I imagine you want to discuss post-secondary education. Since the committee conducted a study on post-secondary education and the underfunding of minority postsecondary institutions last summer, it's already aware of those issues. A number of post-secondary institutions, especi

Official Languages committee  It's not necessarily missing any in the text of the bill itself. We'll mainly have to see what comes later. The federal government can definitely make commitments in a piece of legislation. I think that's commendable. However, it's when the act is implemented that we'll have to e

Official Languages committee  I don't think I wrote that.

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee and colleagues. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. Many of you have heard me speak in previous consultations on the modernization of the Official Languages Act, an important project that should enjoy multip

Official Languages committee  There should be more, absolutely. Part of the funding granted for official languages disappears in provincial budgets. However, it should be used as additional funding, not core funding. This is a serious problem. If we had better accountability for education funding focused on o

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. They're a tool that's not merely theoretical and that has proven itself. It would help us demonstrate, based on data, what the deficiencies are, where they are and how they could the more effectively corrected in order to meet the community's current needs more e

Official Languages committee  No, and it would be difficult to conduct that kind of study. As regards federal funding to the provinces, for example, we know very well the amounts that are received. However, we don't know what they're used for or what percentage of that funding goes directly to minority insti

Official Languages committee  I think federal government investment could be increased. If it is, however, you have to make sure it doesn't work to the benefit of the provinces, which might then decide to invest less in our institutions. It's all about the money; that's really it. You have to make sure all a

Official Languages committee  I'm not sure I'm the person in the best position to answer that question. What Mr. Haché said is that Laurentian's francophone clientele was growing. What I know—this isn't my institution—is that Laurentian lacked size in…