Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2009-10-29 09:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Monique Guay",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1679826\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That answers my question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679827\" data-originallang=\"fr\">This is important because the organizations tell us they spend an enormous amount of time on paperwork and often don't have the staff to do it or sometimes aren't able to complete the documents. In fact, we very often help them complete the forms ourselves.<em></em></p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679828\" data-originallang=\"fr\">You talked about the Olympic Games. I'm very pleased that you've invested $1.7 million, except that, minister, we're barely 100 days away from the Olympic Games, and it's not true that it's going to take place perfectly in both official languages. We see how things are going in certain small towns around Vancouver. I'm not talking about Whistler, where it's been bilingual for a very long time; young Quebeckers go there to work during the winter. What's happening in the neighbouring villages is different, and the people don't all live in Vancouver. That won't be the case for the athletes, perhaps, but visitors will wind up more outside the city.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679829\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, this matter isn't resolved. What are you going to do to advance this issue much more quickly? Mr. Fraser, the Commissioner of Official Languages, is concerned. VANOC also has concerns. What will we look like on the international stage if we, in Canada, a supposedly bilingual country, can't offer services in both official languages at the Olympic Games?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1679826\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cela r\u00e9pond \u00e0 ma question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679827\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est important parce que les organismes nous disent passer \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de temps sur le <em>paperwork</em> et, souvent, ils n'ont pas l'effectif pour le faire ou, parfois, ils n'ont pas la capacit\u00e9 de compl\u00e9ter ces documents. En fait, tr\u00e8s souvent, on les aide nous-m\u00eames \u00e0 remplir ces formulaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679828\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Vous avez parl\u00e9 des Jeux olympiques. Je suis tr\u00e8s heureuse que vous ayez investi 1,7 million de dollars sauf que, monsieur le ministre, on est \u00e0 100 jours \u00e0 peine des Jeux olympiques, et il n'est pas vrai que \u00e7a va se passer parfaitement dans les deux langues officielles. On voit comment \u00e7a se passe dans certaines petites villes aux alentours de Vancouver. Je ne parle pas de Whistler o\u00f9 c'est bilingue depuis tr\u00e8s longtemps, nos jeunes Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois y vont travailler durant l'hiver. Ce qui se passe dans les villages avoisinants est diff\u00e9rent, et les gens ne vivront pas tous \u00e0 Vancouver. Ce sera le cas pour les athl\u00e8tes peut-\u00eatre, mais les visiteurs se retrouveront plut\u00f4t \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur de la ville. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1679829\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pr\u00e9sentement, cette question n'est pas r\u00e9gl\u00e9e. Qu'allez-vous faire pour que ce dossier avance beaucoup plus rapidement? M\u00eame M. Fraser, le commissaire aux langues officielles, s'inqui\u00e8te. Le COVAN a des inqui\u00e9tudes \u00e9galement. On va avoir l'air de quoi sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale, si on n'est pas capables, au Canada, un pays suppos\u00e9ment bilingue, d'offrir des services dans les deux langues officielles aux Jeux olympiques?</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/official-languages/40-2/37/monique-guay-3/",
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