Yes. In the national capital region, the majority of positions are bilingual. That is also the case in the bilingual regions.
Federally, 43% of positions are designated bilingual. You may know that Mr. Mendelsohn and I are the authors of a report that was published recently, on the use of both official languages in the federal workplace. I invite you to study this report. It contains several observations that support what you have been saying.
Certain departments are models. At the Public Service Commission, for instance, the use of French and English is very common. We begin sentences in one language and finish them in the other. In other departments, however, the situation is more problematic. We explained this in the report.