Official Languages committee  I can tell you that over the past few years, Statistics Canada has worked with us to better define which international studies are carried out and when. It has given us information that allows us to create our own dashboard. That said, you are correct: I can provide you with que

Official Languages committee  You're already familiar with the network's literacy statistics. On average, more than half of francophones in minority communities haven't achieved a level that would allow them to flourish socially or economically. That's 52% of the francophone population in minority communities

Official Languages committee  Well, it certainly has repercussions. As far as we’re concerned, we clearly see language insecurity flowing from it and we understand the repercussions of it all. That’s why we focus on this so much and give this type of presentation to anyone who will listen. We’re trying to hel

Official Languages committee  Really, if any department understands positive measures and the situation of francophone minority communities, it's Canadian Heritage. We're working with people in that department to change the culture of the other departments responsible for taking positive measures. I believe t

Official Languages committee  The Department of Employment and Social Development manages the skills for success program. Our funding mainly came from this program. There was also the social partnership initiative for official language minority communities and the enabling fund for official language minority

Official Languages committee  Yes. That said, RESDAC is a network of organizations. RESDAC member organizations provide services in workplaces or organizations if they can meet the demand.

Official Languages committee  Our president just spoke about the asymmetry issue. It's in our brief. We also need positive measures to support strategies for developing skills to succeed and flourish. We recommend this so that we can fulfill our mission and you can fulfill your mandate.

Official Languages committee  We work with all these organizations to support newcomers to Canada. For example, we help them understand how the institutions work and we guide them towards the schools. A number of RESDAC members work in partnership with the schools on literacy or numeracy and on various compet

Official Languages committee  Yes, they're available. We have a member in each province and territory. In some cases, it's a network rather than a member. In Ontario, for example, it's the Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes, or COFA, which has a number of members. This coalition is supported by th

Official Languages committee  We have always worked with Canadian Heritage to make our needs known across the country. The action plan provides a number of opportunities to work with departments. We submitted a five‑year plan, which helps us work across departments. As my colleague said, we haven't yet receiv

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. We need to work with all organizations in the Canadian francophonie. In the case of doctors, for example, our organizations must look into prior learning assessment. These people know their work inside and out, and we support them. We work more on sk

Official Languages committee  One of the recommendations we could perhaps make concerns newcomers. Currently there is a whole network for newcomers that works with the country's francophone immigration networks. These networks do very good work. Their members take care of the newcomers' basic needs, which ar

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's a good example.

Official Languages committee  It must be said that, not so long ago, RESDAC experienced a situation where it found itself dormant for five years. We had to file a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada to obtain funding. This enabled us to launch initiatives, such as the

Official Languages committee  The agreement has enabled us to revive a certain dynamism across the country, break isolation and work in partnership with all the economic and social organizations and their spokespeople. We really do have something solid to meet future needs. ESDC seems to have to pull out all