Human Resources committee  I feel it's essential. We have very distinct needs. The dynamics in our communities are often very different from those in the anglophone community. Take, for example, family-based services. We often see day care centres start to accept anglophone children, then gradually become

Human Resources committee  It's crucial, because I can tell you that if francophones aren't included in the bill, they won't be considered. Existing agreements will eventually expire. Once they have, they will be renegotiated by new governments that will look to the legislation resulting from this bill. T

Human Resources committee  You know that it's a very small market. When educators leave, it's very hard to replace them. In British Columbia, for example, we're being forced to close day care centres due to a shortage of educators. It's an extremely difficult and distressing situation.

Human Resources committee  I would also note that the first point raised by my colleague Mr. Dupuis is very important. We have looked at many previous studies, from 2017 to 2021, and found that, without a funding commitment, the provinces' investments are next to nothing. So a commitment is always necessar

Human Resources committee  Yes. We often hear about the assimilation of francophones. In fact, it begins in early childhood. I have heard from many people, including very recently from two francophone parents from New Brunswick who had to place their child in an English-language day care. Later, when they

Human Resources committee  Why are we lacking early learning services in French? The Commission nationale des parents francophones has submitted a brief to the committee which lays out the problem and recommends some solutions. Basically, the problem lies with the agreements signed with the provinces and t