Official Languages committee  I think support comes with concrete recommendations, so please don't hesitate to be in touch. Thank you very much.

Official Languages committee  It needs to be permanent. We can't have a universal child care system for five years and then tell women to figure it out on their own. It has to be permanent, and everyone has to have access to it no matter where they are in Canada.

Official Languages committee  The reality is that there are definitely more services to be provided. Caregivers are often isolated. During the pandemic, their work became even more visible to us. They have been recognized for the enormous amount of work they do. Access to respite services and support services in French, as well as services offered to people who are caregiving, is very problematic.

Official Languages committee  Of the 15 organizations in our network, only seven receive core funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage. As for the other organizations, we will follow up and provide a response to the committee later.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. I can answer, and then Ms. Enayeh can take over if she has anything to add. First of all, when we think about policies or programs, we have to put francophone women in the forefront. We mustn't forget them or put them in the background. When you put something in place, you have to automatically ask yourself how it will affect francophone women.

Official Languages committee  It certainly won't be specific data on the subject, but it must be recognized that women often experience financial insecurity. Women must be encouraged by entrepreneurship and we need to ensure that they're not at risk of experiencing that type of insecurity. Women have responsibilities in everyday life.

Official Languages committee  I'm not sure I understood your question.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for repeating your question. I know there are provincial and territorial agreements, and that's totally understandable. However, national plans must also include language provisions and funding specifically for francophones in minority situations to ensure that the public and linguistic minorities have access to those services in French.

Official Languages committee  I'd like to take a step back to remind everyone that the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario released a report showing that, even though immigrant women were not native French speakers, their children nevertheless spoke French in our francophone minority communities.

Official Languages committee  Certainly. If I may, I'd like to tell you about something that happened to our organization. During the pandemic, on top of everything else, the AFFC was the victim of an attack. We received a suspicious package. It had a message saying—I apologize for this language—that a woman's place was in the kitchen, that immigrant women do not belong in Canada and that if we didn't listen, we would get a beating.

Official Languages committee  We absolutely need French-language services for mental health prevention and support. Mental health tends to be thought of only when a person is in crisis. Women carry a huge mental load, worrying about a million things at once. I may be here speaking with you, but I'm also a caregiver, so I have to go back home, look after my mother and pick up her medication.

Official Languages committee  If memory serves me correctly, the Department of Canadian Heritage gives us $342,100.

Official Languages committee  The Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne should receive a lot more than that, since it has a national mandate, but yes, the provincial organizations need at least $350,000 to operate.

Official Languages committee  Not as of yet. We are waiting to see how the money will be allocated.

Official Languages committee  Through other organizations. It's important to keep in mind that the Department of Canadian Heritage isn't the only partner in the official languages action plan. Other departments have a role as well. As the president mentioned in her opening statement, one of our recommendations calls for every department that provides funding to the public to automatically allocate core funding to francophone women's organizations.