Official Languages committee  It could be similar, but it is different. It would be very focused on the post-secondary sector and might truly influence what goes on there. Collaboration is important because it would truly help the different bodies become aware of the challenges at the post-secondary instituti

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Godin. I think that is why we worked so hard on modernizing this legislation. This is the first time that legislation mentions the continuum of education, from early childhood to post-secondary education, from everything having to do with formal

Official Languages committee  I apologize.

Official Languages committee  Of course, the regulations will clarify several aspects of the legislation. We still do not have all the wording of the regulations, but we are working hard with the various stakeholders, including Canadian Heritage and Treasury Board, to ensure that it will be used as a solid fo

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. The community component is the reason we wanted to participate in the national dialogue on post-secondary education in a francophone minority context. Post-secondary institutions are places with a student social life, but they are also important for the neighbou

Official Languages committee  For research funding, I will give the floor to Mr. Surette. There are significant needs on the francophone side for this.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Ashton. The answer is simple: yes. We certainly support the requests from the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne, the ACUFC. It is perfectly familiar with its network and we support it. The ACUFC is requesting

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Beaulieu. I hope things are getting better. I hope we didn't draft the final report of the États généraux sur le postsecondaire en contexte francophone minoritaire for nothing. At the very least, it's making people and the government aware of the

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for the question. The details are fairly straightforward. There needs to be a committee or a group tasked with monitoring the investments to see where the funds end up. As I've said before, some of the funding that doesn't come from the Department of Canadia

Official Languages committee  We need to ensure that someone is responsible for monitoring those funds. That could be done by an association or by a department.

Official Languages committee  I think we need to look at it as a whole. What you're raising in your question is exactly what we'd like to see implemented. As we've said, the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne could be responsible for ensuring the funds are going to the right

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Généreux. Indeed, I briefly mentioned three recommendations in my presentation. One of them was also mentioned by Mr. Surette. These three recommendations can be found in the report of the États généraux sur le postsecondaire francophone en contexte min

Official Languages committee  I'm simply saying that we need to have a better understanding in order to get a broader picture of all the funds going to post-secondary education—

Official Languages committee  I'm also referring to funding earmarked for the provinces for post-secondary education, those that are identified in that way. The Department of Canadian Heritage needs to target community development more directly, which goes back to what Mr. Surette mentioned. Immigration, Ref

Official Languages committee  —who have to leave their community to study in French, or using levers for funding partnerships, for example. That's why we've made three recommendations. First, we recommend that the federal government introduce a tool to monitor all investments it makes in post-secondary educ