Official Languages committee  The groups were informed individually. I think Louis could attest to the fact that they were called and that they were told what the situation was. There wasn't any official statement announcing the delays. We hoped that, despite the particularly high volume of applications, ther

Official Languages committee  There are requirements that come from the Treasury Board. The minister said—and I believe we accept that completely—that the onus is on us to improve our process while taking into account the parameters that are given to us by the Treasury Board, and we're going to do that. What

Official Languages committee  There was essentially a three-week difference between the year just ended and the previous years, but the preceding 27 weeks—

Official Languages committee  There was no formal communication to tell them that we were going to be late this year.

Official Languages committee  I would like to clarify one point. To correct the problem Mr. Godin refers to, and in the wake of the Blue Ribbon Panel's report that my colleague Mr. Scrimger mentioned, there is a new provision in the transfer payment policy that will now make it possible to carry over to a sub

Official Languages committee  I don't remember the exact percentage, but I could provide you with that figure. That would help solve the problem you mention, if it occurs.

Official Languages committee  My colleague says a “reasonable amount”.

Official Languages committee  Once a multi-year agreement is in place and the first year has elapsed, the two following years go exactly the same way, that is to say that there will be regular payments based on a report schedule that is not too demanding, cash flow and interim results reports. Once the multi-

Official Languages committee  The problem was the introduction of the start-up contribution agreements. Once that's in place, small grains of sand can get into the gears.

Official Languages committee  I wouldn't put it that way. I think the groups that currently lend themselves to multi-year agreements see a positive difference, and we know that vastly improves the relationship with the groups and the payment schedule.

Official Languages committee  In response to a question earlier, I explained the generic process, that is to say the analysis conducted of the application and then the evaluation by the communities, which itself takes four to six weeks, finalization of the recommendation and final quality control, which takes

Official Languages committee  We've been encouraging the signing of multi-year agreements since 2005-2006.

Official Languages committee  It must be understood that the multi-year agreements make a major positive difference. However, they require that the organizations engage in more ambitious planning: a two-year agreement is more difficult to prepare than a one-year agreement; a three-year agreement, when you're

Official Languages committee  Quite briefly, I can say there are three phases. There are the applications where the agent, the analyst on the ground, helps the organization finalize the proposal, the application. Sometimes it takes a while, because there are some perfections to be done. Then the second phase

Official Languages committee  The communities like these panels. It is at their request that they exist, and 12 out of 13 provincial and territorial communities have these panels.