Official Languages committee  We issued a call for proposals a few weeks ago, asking the organizations to develop a plan indicating how they would achieve their targets. They have until October to do that. We are also asking them to outline risks and issues in their communities in that plan. We clearly do not

Official Languages committee  Thank you. There is in fact no guideline. The program is quite flexible. As my colleague Mr. Gauthier said, the differences among the communities are enormous. Some communities have extensive local infrastructure and capabilities. We can work together to maximize the network. In

Official Languages committee  That is precisely why we have not set a target for everyone. Consequently, some organizations are already performing well above the target level. In other instances, there is a lot of work to do. We take the 2012-2013 year as our benchmark, and all organizations will have to impr

Official Languages committee  Thanks very much for the question. We heard earlier about the shortages of engineers. So on a human capital basis, in terms of labour market competencies, we see that there are economic advantages to linguistic duality. I think also of some of the interventions that we heard fr