It's hard to do an accounting because every branch spends on that. However, I can tell you that the Canadian Forces spent $5.8 million on translation. As for supervised language training offered to military members and civilian staff, that involved slightly more than $22 million last year and $21 million the previous year. So there has been an increase in funding allocated to language training. It should be added that the navy, air force and army spend money to provide short-term courses.
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