Official Languages committee  I can cite a concrete example that comes to mind; there are many. These networks that we encourage are having an impact. We have coordinators, official language officers in the departments. A number of departments have officers in the regions. The example that comes to my mind is

Official Languages committee  Do you want me to comment on second language use?

Official Languages committee  The official languages program has been having effects for 40 years. Linguistic duality has been progressively and gradually accepted. There are more people, anglophones and francophones, taking part in this great linguistic duality, across the country.

Official Languages committee  If I can just add a very concrete example, we've been having discussions with departments about the role of champions and whether they need a committee, and whether we could impose that or should impose that by way of policy in a really structured approach to official languages.

Official Languages committee  On the champions, this was an initiative the office took a number of years ago. I think we're at our sixteenth annual conference now. The idea was that you'd take a senior official—someone who was identified by the deputy head—aside from their normal functions, an official who,

Official Languages committee  We will be pleased to send it to you.

Official Languages committee  I will also point out that the reports indicate the measures taken. In fact, some issues require the departments to explain the measures they have taken to implement this CALDECH grid. So the departments are providing an enormous amount of detail. It is on that basis that we are

Official Languages committee  I do not believe we can draw that conclusion. This is an indicator telling us that some areas may require improvement. We suspected that there might be areas requiring improvement. We are using this request for an annual report to target issues. This question was not raised in re

Official Languages committee  We are taking measures to conduct follow-up.

Official Languages committee  I said a little earlier that we have taken measures—

Official Languages committee  I was first going to answer the more general question about the various issues that are raised in the annual reports. In this more specific case, we present the subject to our advisory committees, which are the main bodies responsible for official languages, the executive bodies

Official Languages committee  We measure the departments' compliance with their obligations under part IV. Are the points of service that are required to communicate with the public in both official languages doing that? Do the offices located in bilingual regions enable their employees to use their language

Official Languages committee  One of the objectives of the roadmap and the action plan that preceded it, which is well known to some members around the table, was to create a space for coordination and collaboration. Responsibilities under the Official Languages Act are diffuse. They apply to all 200 departme

Official Languages committee  You are asking me to speculate about—

Official Languages committee  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 comp