On that very point, Bill C-2 does not make a single reference to the Official Languages Act nor to increased authority which could have been conferred upon the Commissioner of Official Languages. I am going to continue with my remarks concerning non-imperative staffing.
Here is my theory: if it is not necessary to be bilingual to hold a bilingual position—and I just simplified the concept of non-imperative staffing—why is this logic not extended to include the entire public service? For argument's sake, you would not have to be a lawyer to hold a position as a legal counsel; it would be enough to pledge you intended to become one. You would not have to be an economist to work at the Department of Finance; all you would have to do would be to promise you were going to become one.
Why is non-imperative staffing not extended across the board? Or why is this heresy for francophone communities not simply dispensed with?