Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Welcome, Minister Toews, Madame d'Auray, and Monsieur O'Sullivan; bienvenue ici.
I want to thank you, Minister, for helping me to get to the place where I am now. I want to put on the record for members opposite that when I became a candidate, you were very helpful in addressing the Chartier report and making me aware of it. That helped me substantially to learn about official languages in our province of Manitoba, as well as about the official language situation across the country. I commend you for your efforts.
I also want to mention that I too, as you stated, believe in knowledge, competencies, qualifications, and experiences to make up part of what we want to see in our leaders. I commend you for all of that, and I welcome your responses to some of my questions here today in that light.
The first question I would put to you, Minister, is this. You've indicated that you have a role to play in ensuring that government institutions comply with the Official Languages Act. I'd like to know what the Treasury Board does to ensure that.