Finance committee  Our annual budget varies a lot, because it's mainly based on projects. Our base funding is at $363,000, if I remember correctly. Then the rest is all projects. With that $363,000, we manage to have three members of a very strong team. How do you say it—“small but mighty”? That's

Finance committee  I will speak in French, because there are technical terms that I am less familiar with in English. I can't speak specifically to the situation of artists in Canada, because our work is really more export-oriented, meaning, artists who go outside the country. However, there is a

Finance committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for having me. I'd like to start by saying a few words about who we are. The Société nationale de l'Acadie, or SNA, has been the voice of Acadians since 1881, making it the oldest organization in Canada's French-speaking community. S

Official Languages committee  I can acknowledge that needs can vary depending on where one lives in Canada. Recognizing the different needs in Quebec is not a problem for me, but as I was saying earlier, Acadia's distinctive features also need to be recognized. We already have agreements with the Fédération

Official Languages committee  The short answer is yes, definitely, one hundred per cent. The slightly longer answer is that not only should the demographic weight of francophones be restored, but it should also not be done in isolation. Making progress on immigration can't be done solely by working on immigr

Official Languages committee  I have a rectification to make: the Société nationale de l'Acadie represents the four Atlantic provinces, and not just New Brunswick. As for your question, I am anything but an expert on Quebec. For us, on the other hand, when we talk about asymmetry, it means regional recogniti

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to present the SNA's vision of Bill C‑13. I'm not about to give you a lengthy presentation on our organization. I will simply point out that the SNA has, since 1881, spoken out on behalf of the Acadian people, whose values and inter

Official Languages committee  As I was saying, we can't concentrate on only one thing, and shouldn't look at immigration in isolation. In our brief that was tabled, and in my speech, I mentioned several factors, and various avenues that we should be focusing on. I'll also take the liberty of reacting to wha

Official Languages committee  Let's not forget that the community has begun working together very successfully and that a lot has been accomplished. We introduced services, added promotional activities and other things like that, and yet even today, the francophone community immigration organizations have nei

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. We alluded to that earlier. We're saying the central issue is that we can't handle immigration as a single entity. We can't deal with immigration in isolation. Earlier my FCFA colleagues referred to the previous program. A diplomacy program has an i

Official Languages committee  I think there are two parts to the answer. First, there has to be a connection. That's the most important factor. As I said, you can't deal with immigration in isolation. There has to be a connection with the Official Languages Act. Second, there also has to be a connection with

Official Languages committee  —that will support the new francophone immigration policy.

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon, everyone. The Société nationale de l'Acadie, or SNA, of which I am president, is a non-profit organization that is the voice of francophone representative associations and francophone youth associations in the Atlantic provinces. The Comité atlantique sur l'immig