I am to appear soon before the CRTC. I want to be understood by the chair of the CRTC. The chair of the CRTC, who explains decisions to Canadians, must do so in both languages. By the same token, if the president of our national English- and French-language broadcaster could not communicate in both official languages, to me that would be absurd. I would not want him to speak only French, either. I expect him or her not to be a unilingual English-speaker, to be able to communicate orally in both languages, and to make himself understood by Canadian citizens.
The appointment of the last Auditor General is absurd. It seemed self-evident to me that they were going to appoint a bilingual person. In saying that, I do not wish to detract in any way from Mr. Ferguson's other competencies.