Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for your presentations. I have a question for Ms. Ellis.
The Government of Canada is by far and away the biggest employer in Canada, and any large employer has a significant say in what graduates our universities are graduating. For example, Microsoft or Research in Motion have a significant say in the kinds of engineers the University of Waterloo is graduating. Companies like the big banks in Canada have a significant say in the curriculum and the graduates the MBA schools are graduating in Canada. If they weren't getting the graduates they needed, they would be demanding better from these universities.
In this context, I wonder what discussions, if any, the Government of Canada has had, or other agencies have had, with Canada's university communities about delivering a greater number of bilingual graduates for positions in the Government of Canada. In other words, what discussions or liaisons have you had or have you been aware of that the government has made to these institutions about graduating a greater number of qualified applicants?