Official Languages committee  No, we were not consulted.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We worked with the federal government and the provinces to ensure that there would be various measures for francophones in addition to an established percentage. There were different measures for each province. For the first time, the federal-provincial agreements included m

Official Languages committee  That's correct.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. I agree fully with you: there is the whole question of energy and synergy, and values come from the family. I agree with what you have said on this. On the other hand, with respect to services offered to exogamous families, when we speak of francophone families, exog

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In 2002, the Commission nationale des parents francophones succeeded in placing early childhood development on the agenda for francophone communities. Here is why: Recent research by Dr. Fraser Mustard on brain development showed that the neurological a

Canadian Heritage committee  There are committees established under the Court Challenges Program which appraise these cases. For our part, we do not know which applications are rejected by the committees. We always hope that we can advance language rights, that our case is one of the best, that it will help

Canadian Heritage committee  When my children were younger, there was no French-language high school in the surrounding area. They had to commute for one and a quarter hour or one and a half hour to go to school. This was in the town of Saint-Boniface, in the Saint Vital region of Manitoba. Yet, just around

Canadian Heritage committee  I will answer you on that issue, but I will let Ms. Beaulieu discuss Bill S-3. With respect to legal recourse for day care centres or early childhood and family centres—an area that is much broader than day care centres, as far as francophones are concerned—our requirements are