Official Languages committee  I'm looking for the exact clause, but yes, there is a reference to the importance of maintaining and protecting the revitalization of the indigenous languages. It's proposed section 83 in Bill C-13. I can read it out loud. It's about rights relating to other languages. It state

Official Languages committee  It's basically changing the word to “restoring”. The French uses the verb “assurer”, so there's the nuance. We're still talking about “rétablissement et l'accroissement”—it's hard to do this in both languages—but we changed the word to “restore”.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. I'm going to reread the second paragraph of point (c) of the amendment and present its implications to you: AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada recognizes that the existence of a majority-French society in a Quebec where the future of French is assured is a legitima

Official Languages committee  Just a moment, I received it by e‑mail. It begins as follows: AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada recognizes that the existence of a majority-French society in—

Official Languages committee  Yes, I have it, but I understood that we were talking about the other amendment. Could we clarify the question?

Official Languages committee  I'll go back to what I said earlier. If the basic premise of the wording is to ensure the future of French, we are moving away from the objective of the Official Languages Act, which is the equality of status and rights of the two official languages.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Ms. Boyer. Good morning. My name is Sarah Boily, the director general of Official Languages. I'm pleased to be with you today.

Official Languages committee  That's an excellent question. We definitely have programs to encourage this, such as French courses for residents of London. The focus here is on young elementary and high school students. Some tools have also been developed for adults. You have no doubt heard of the Mauril app,

Official Languages committee  Our colleagues at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada could give you all the details about their programs. They do in fact have programs to support reception and integration services in francophone regions outside Quebec. I know that they fund a series of networks called

Official Languages committee  I can confirm what Ms. Mondou just said. Many of the supports and programs are for education. As you know, some schools closed during the pandemic. There were also some exchange programs that we normally funded to give young people immersion opportunities in the communities, and

Official Languages committee  For a while, we were able to offer interprovincial internships, but with the pandemic, our team is restricting it for the time being to internships in the province.

Official Languages committee  Currently, 50% of the funding from Young Canada Works goes to French-language instruction. And it wouldn't do to forget the Ministers’ Council on the Canadian Francophonie's initiative, in which Quebec is participating. It's an initiative we fund that is very beneficial to the Qu

Official Languages committee  Yes. I was in charge of the consultations held in 2019, in which these groups participated…

Official Languages committee  There is Impératif français...

Official Languages committee  In the course of our consultations, we generally discuss things with the representatives of these movements.