Thank you very much, Ms. Glover.
We will now begin our second round. In the meantime, our clerk will be distributing the schedule of our upcoming meetings with witnesses to all committee members. We could try to reserve some time to discuss this at our next meeting. Just to remind you of the purpose of the study, it was decided that about eight or ten meetings would be held to debate the topic of interest to us this morning. The key issue is whether the Canadian university system is preparing students adequately to meet the requirements of the labour market, and particularly the language needs of the largest Canadian employer, which is the federal public service. I would invite our witnesses to keep that in mind when answering questions, and committee members are also encouraged to ask their questions on that basis. We have organizations appearing today that focus their university research on that very issue. For example, in terms of human resources, some of your programs have that specific orientation.
Ms. Lauzon, your university is a Canadian leader in that field. Do you feel that your university and the system as a whole are properly preparing young people to respond to the needs of the labour market and the public service in terms of bilingualism? We know that the public service often has to hire young graduates and train them on the job. However, when you hire an engineer, there is no need to give him a course in thermodynamics. That is the basic issue. How can we improve the situation? What recommendations can you make to the committee in that regard?