Jean Dorion at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.

November 5th, 2009 / 4:15 p.m.

Bloc

Jean Dorion Bloc Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC

Thank you.

Ms. Barrados, Mr. Ste-Marie, Mr. Lemaire, thank you for being here.

I read this document on the career paths of employees in the Public Service of Canada. My understanding is that when public servants are recruited, 21.9% of those whose first language is English are bilingual, which is slightly more than a fifth of the people recruited. Is that correct?

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