Mr. Ian E. Bennett at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 13th, 2007 / 4:45 p.m.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Canadian Mint

I can start and Mr. Neville can continue.

This is quite interesting for me because I worked nearly my entire career at the Department of Finance and for the International Monetary Fund in Washington. The working environment in both those places was mainly Anglophone.

I was surprised to see that most of the employees at the Royal Canadian Mint were bilingual. This is an opportunity for me to improve my French. It's a challenge, but I'm determined to make progress.

In Ottawa, 40% of employees are Francophone, whereas there are virtually no Francophones in Winnipeg. Nearly all Mint employees are bilingual. It's a very pleasant working environment for bilingual people, for Anglophones and Francophones.

Mr. Neville.

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