Official Languages committee  Are you talking about what I mentioned in my five‑minute opening remarks?

Official Languages committee  The federal government issues calls for proposals through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. These calls are for everyone. There are requests for a bilingual program for both francophones and anglophones. Often, when minority organizations such as ours compete w

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. In fact, we would like the federal government to commit to promoting the francophonie at this event. I'd like to give you an example. During the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, the Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique, to

Official Languages committee  The labour shortage has a negative impact on the hiring of francophone early childhood educators and francophone teachers in schools. Of course, that puts a brake on those services. That's a given. That's why, thanks to events such as Destination Canada, but also with the provin

Official Languages committee  There are 7,000 so‑called French‑speaking businesses in British Columbia. For them, the French‑speaking market is often their first market, but they will quickly want to develop their business by working with the English‑speaking market. We're trying to develop more and more fran

Official Languages committee  We work closely with anglophone organizations in the business community. For example, we work with Women's Enterprise because our mentorship programs for women are from the Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada program. We also work with the Community Futures Network of Can

Official Languages committee  Let me see. I think the main challenge for our organization is that needs are growing, be it in entrepreneurship, in employability or in economic and community development. We're getting more and more requests for partnerships and projects, but we don't necessarily have enough fu

Official Languages committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Dalton and Mr. Godin. I did indeed have the pleasure of meeting you last week at the award ceremony. Unfortunately, I did not attend the latest meeting of the Chambre de commerce francophone de Vancouver because I was at the reception in honour of Mr. Godin.

Official Languages committee  In closing, I would like to point out that the SDECB is part of a national network, the Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité, whose mission is to promote prosperity and economic development. In 2023, they produced a white paper with some great recommendations. I

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair and members of Parliament, on behalf of the Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique, the SDECB, thank you for your invitation. My name is Mylène Letellier. I am the executive director of the SDECB, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this y