For us, it is important to think that there will be a new generation of translators in our country, and in the Canadian government in particular. There is such a crying need within the federal apparatus for good communication with Canadians in both languages.
There has been a change over the last few years. Calls for tenders had to be put out to the private sector. The translation bureau competes with private sector translation firms. This has all kinds of repercussions that are not necessarily the ones that were aimed for at the outset.
Competing with the private sector may be a good thing, but it also may not be. It may weaken the internal capacity within government of providing an important service. This is part of the things that should in our opinion be analyzed.