First, official languages are part of the routine in the Government of Canada. In principle, nothing has changed. The president, Mr. Clement, talked about that earlier. At the fundamental level, there is the act and a series of policies that are applicable, and everyone must comply with them at all times. According to the Official Languages Act, every federal institution must implement part IV, part V and so on. That is the foundation.
However, when the departments received the Treasury Board Secretariat's instructions for the purpose of carrying out their projects, official languages, among a number of other issues that had to be addressed, was clearly one of the factors the departments were urged to consider.