Official Languages committee  With regard to municipalities that offer French-language services, I can tell you that it's a start. Recently, the City of Nanaimo translated its Web site into French. Earlier it was asked what the associations were doing. In Maillardville and Coquitlam, the Société Maillardville

Official Languages committee  I'm going to start, then I'll let Ms. Friolet continue. The funding we receive from Canadian Heritage is vital: it forms the basis of our community. As you said, Mr. Godin, our community is tiring. There's no room for growth. That's where we stand. In British Columbia, we deter

Official Languages committee  You're entirely right.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. It's just to follow up on Ms. Brunelle's comments. Since the Fédération des parents francophones de la Colombie-Britannique isn't here, we can also speak. First, with regard to early childhood, we're working together with Quebec, the early childhood centres. The Fédé

Official Languages committee  Thank you. First, I'll tell you about identity. We've just celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique. We had a very typical image. Sixty years ago, they were all white French Canadian Catholics sitting around a table in a r

Official Languages committee  In any case, we've given you some documentation. It's a bit difficult to talk about the Francophone community in general in five minutes. So you've received that.

Official Languages committee  May I take one more minute?

Official Languages committee  Perhaps, because we also would have liked to talk a little about the Olympic Games and other subjects.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, and honourable committee members, I want to thank you for this invitation and to welcome you to British Columbia. The Action Plan for Official Languages, which you want to hear us talk about, has been the framework in which our communities have been operating since 200