At the Federal Level

| The Canada-Community Agreement |

The second Canada-Community Agreement comes to an end

The second Canada-
Community Agreement

came to an end on March 31,
2004. The Agreement com-
mits Canadian Heritage to
support the development and
vitality of the Francophone
community in British
Columbia. The Agreement
provided direct support to
organizations’ programming
and projects in the amount of
$12,060,000 over five years;
which amounts to approxi-
mately one-third of the
community's funding.

During the year, several
initiatives were undertaken
in anticipation of the
Agreement's renewal, specifi-
cally an assessment of how
the agreement functions and
an analysis of the preceding
agreement's outcomes. The
evaluation of the agreement's
mechanics led to a number
of findings. Specifically, the
community is satisfied with
the Agreement's current
processes. There is no
expressed desire to change
the mandate or responsibili-

ties of the Consultative
Committee or the
Management Committee,
other than the electoral
process. As for outcomes, the
previous Agreement mirrors
the path followed by the
community since 1999.

The main outcomes from

the 1999-2004 Canada-
Community Agreement are
presented in the table below.

Negotiations for the new
agreement have not yet
begun; however, the FFCB is

Main Outcomes of the 1999-2004 Canada-Community Agreement

Production of a season of
professional theatre by the
Théatre La Seiziéme.

¢ La Communauté et la

culture : une affaire de

coeur symposium organized
by the Conseil culturel et
artistique

Growth in existing festivals

such as Maillardville’s

Festival du Bois and

Nanaimo’s Maple Sugar

Festival

Increased Internet access

within associations

Production of a brochure

and exhibition promoting

Francophone life

Creation of a Francophone

newspaper, a community

radio pilot project, and new
television channels and
radio stations

° Creation of the Association
de juristes d'expression
francaise de la C.-B.,
Association des francophones
et francophiles du Nord-
Ouest, Association francophone
de Richmond, Association
francophone des éducatrices
et éducateurs de la petite
enfance de la C.-B. and
RésoSanté Colombie-
Britannique

Renewed community spaces
in Campbell River, Nanaimo,
Victoria and Nelson

Annual Jeux de la francophonie
and B.C. Youth Parliament
held by the Conseil Jeunesse
francophone de la C.-B.

e First federal-provincial
agreement on the
promotion of official
languages, nomination of a
provincial MLA responsible
for Francophone affairs and
the creation of a Bureau of
Francophone and
Francophile Affairs

e First ad campaign for French
services at the Federal level

e Signing of memorandum
of understanding for post-
secondary education

aware that the negotiating
committee will have to lobby
for funding of slightly over
19 million dollars for 2004
to 2009.

Members of the
Negotiating Committee
for the New Agreement

Claude Provencher,
FFCB President

Yseult Friolet,
FFCB Executive Director

Chantal Vadnais

Anne-Marie Guminski

Céline Gagnon

¢ Implementation of new
preschool services and
Mini franco-Fun

e Health conference and a
new directory of healthcare
professionals

° Consultative forums regarding
Agreement management

70072 anbnniogng,-a7guragoy 0g ap sau youn sap UNDUAPI4Z ar =|