Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much for being here today.
As you see, there are a lot of concerns around the table. If you read the report, I think a certain amount of perspective can also be seen. You aren't pleased about getting a C, so you change the marks. I'm not in favour of that. If you got a C, you deserved it. The commissioner doesn't do that work to punish you, but rather to improve the situation. So you have to accept it and make an extra effort.
Mr. Lemaire, you say that you see the most bilingualism in the departments. However, perhaps you should also tell us about what's going on elsewhere. You can't just talk to us about the departments.
We're also talking about a bilingual public service, but the people who join the public service may be unilingual, commit to learning their second language and extend their term. If they have five years to learn the second language, that period of time can be extended and they are entitled to another five-year period. So they need 10 years to learn the second language. That will have to be corrected at some point. That doesn't promote bilingualism, and that's why you get these kinds of marks. I'd like to hear what you have to say on that.