I'll get Donald to talk to you about the specific dates we have in mind.
We have done a number of things on the language testing already. The real issue is that you have adults who have not had any language training take language training and then be put into a test environment--and they haven't taken many tests, so some of them are very ill at ease about that.
We've taken a number of steps to try to make the testing environment easier to face, giving more examples of what the standards look like in whichever language they're dealing with, and trying to get testers matched up with the public servants in terms of the areas they work in. And we're exploring pilots to have alternate ways of testing. This means following people, or making a presentation, having a dialogue, appearing before a committee perhaps, and doing it in the other official language.
The problem is that we have, on average, about 22,000 tests a year...20,000 to 25,000 of each of the written and the reading, and of the oral expression. We have a very high volume so we have to try to get something standardized. With all our efforts, we have actually seen some improvement in the oral interaction.
Donald, can you tell us what the timelines are for the changes in the test?