I would like to officially congratulate Ms. Sylvie Boucher on her appointment as parliamentary secretary. I do have to say, however, that it took quite some time for the appointment to be made. I think that is why Canadians feel that official languages and matters relating to the francophonie are not a priority for the government.
Secondly, one of my colleagues asked you a question on the appointment of the Commissioner of Official Languages. We would like to know whether the commissioner will take up his or her position before the end of summer. I understand that you have to familiarize yourself with your portfolio. You have not yet dealt with the matter. However, this is an extremely important issue for us. We cannot simply ignore it. Communities regularly file complaints with the commissioner. It would be unthinkable for us not to have a commissioner for the months of August and September. The Commissioner of Official Languages is an officer of Parliament with an extremely important mandate.
Ms. Adam deserves to be congratulated for the work that she has done during her term as commissioner. She worked to promote both official languages, not just one. You would not want to give the press the opportunity to say that the Conservative government has no respect for official languages because it was too late in dealing with the commissioner's appointment.
Lastly, we were told last week by Service Canada officials that, from now on, no job offers would be posted on their web page without first having been revised by a translator. And when I say a translator, I am talking about a person and not translation software. Do you support Service Canada's position?