Official Languages committee  I hope so, because if you want to offer services, you have to have funding.

Official Languages committee  In fact, I would like to understand what it takes away from them. In my opinion, we are richer by having a better francophonie. Our country has two official languages and it seems to me that it would be good to be able to speak both. We can also speak others, but these two langu

Official Languages committee  Yes, this is part of the three requests from the federation that I presented here.

Official Languages committee  I'm sorry. You are talking to me about an automatic process and I...

Official Languages committee  All right. I don't know where you took them from, or in what part of my speech I said that.

Official Languages committee  The three amendments I mentioned are interrelated and are all important. The one on the French-language clauses is vital for us. Without this amendment, I don't know how my grandchildren will be able to speak to me in French. That's where we're at.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Personally, I am lucky enough to live in Victoria. So my children were able to attend a nice French school. In other areas, this is not the case. Again, it always comes back to a kind of passion. At the moment, if people manage to have and attend French schools, it is becau

Official Languages committee  My children went to public school. A few years ago, we won a landmark lawsuit. We're on the way to restoring the situation, or at least we hope to, and having equivalent schools for francophones and anglophones. We're not there yet, but we're working on it.

Official Languages committee  I don't have a magic recipe, but I fully agree with you. Indeed, French-language services should be offered to those who need and request them.

Official Languages committee  From what we have heard, this creates a stir. If using other words gets a project accepted, why not do it? What we need...

Official Languages committee  From what I have heard, this creates problems. Therefore, let's use other terms if possible. What we want are clauses concerning the French language. Let's call them “francophone clauses”.

Official Languages committee  I would put it another way: if these amendments are made to the act, we will not need to go back to the Supreme Court. The process is still ongoing.

Official Languages committee  Yes, and that's exactly why. We always have to start over. In addition to our federation, other organizations have taken their case to court, like the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique. It's very expensive. If the amendments are made to the act, we will no

Official Languages committee  I don't have the exact figure in front of me, but I can tell you that it cost several million dollars.

Official Languages committee  I said several million dollars.