At our last meeting with the Commissioner of Official Languages, he told us that these agreements were supposed to be implemented in cooperation with the municipalities. But I am worried. I worked at the municipal level previously, and I know how things work when it comes to budgets: expenditures are already planned for the year. Are negotiations still going on and what are they telling you? Do these people have the necessary funding for translation? If they do not, holding discussions with them will not make it happen.
On November 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.