Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. As champion, I realize that our department still has some work to do. However, I have a great deal of energy and enthusiasm and I intend to work closely with the deputy ministers and my colleagues on the executive committee. I myself sit on the H

Official Languages committee  Basically, my mandate is to support the deputy, to support the executive team and the department, in terms of encouraging, supporting, and bringing visibility to linguistic duality, focusing on the workplace and the importance of working in both official languages, communicating

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. I work closely with my colleague, Mr. Roy, the chair of the Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions. My colleague, the assistant deputy minister, and I have developed methods to communicate with managers and staff. On occasion, for inst

Official Languages committee  No, it is actually every day. It is about speaking both official languages at each meeting, trying to have presentations in both English and French, gradually changing the culture during each interaction and each communication.

Official Languages committee  Approximately four years. As champion, since June.

Official Languages committee  I did not understand.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Are you referring to the position as champion?

Official Languages committee  There is still some work to be done, that is for sure. However, we have done a lot of work since June, starting with discussions at the executive level and a change in perspective in the area of official languages, specifically in the area of client services. We have had discussi

Official Languages committee  It was really interesting. The commissioner was there and he gave a speech. It was a chance to bring together the official languages community who work in health and to focus on the research questions, as Madam Yeates was saying, to develop a vision forward. It was a one of a ki

Official Languages committee  We will be able to give you more details after the meeting.

Official Languages committee  No, there was no official report.

Official Languages committee  No.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I am very pleased to be here today with my colleagues from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Eating plays an important role in promoting health and reducing the risk of nutrition-related chronic d

Health committee  Yes. Thank you very much. That is a very good question. Where salt is concerned, we have a lot of activities that are ongoing. I will give you an overview. On sodium, it's a multi-partnership initiative to move forward. This government is very committed to reducing the levels o