Natural Resources committee  There are regular consultations with a wide range of parties right across Canada. The minister meets domestically and internationally with a wide range of parties. The energy and mines ministers' meetings occur on an annual basis. Officials work to support those discussions throu

Natural Resources committee  I don't think so.

Natural Resources committee  Perhaps I could just indicate that the report on plans and priorities that would typically be produced for Natural Resources Canada...safety, security, and stewardship of natural resources is one of the strategic outcomes. We would report part of our expenditures under that headi

Natural Resources committee  I would imagine that of the 190, there are relatively few that would actually have firm contracts. Those are 190 projects on the books. AECL is pursuing some of those opportunities, but there are none that could be firmly established in the CANDU kind of camp right now. That woul

Natural Resources committee  That's correct.

Natural Resources committee  It's material financial risk.

Official Languages committee  I cannot imagine that shyness or intimidation still exists. Sometimes we can assess the linguistic ability of the person we are speaking with and decide to speak in their language, which may not always be our choice, to facilitate the conversation or be better understood. Once ag

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, but you know that the results leave much to be desired.

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely, we have the detailed results. We can send them to you.

Official Languages committee  Do you mean official languages, or the entire survey?

Official Languages committee  Yes, but I do not believe that it was distributed within the department.

Official Languages committee  Would it be possible to distribute it within the department first? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to add something. At the beginning of the meeting, the member referred to the dates of the tabling of the report in relation to our appearance here. That is actually true. The report of the commissioner and the fact that we know we will be appearing here a

Official Languages committee  First of all, here are some figures about francophones taken from the survey. In response to the question “When I communicate with my manager, I feel free to use the official language of my choice”, 65% of francophones said that they strongly agreed with the statement and that