Thank you.
Mr. Caron, as you know, the Council of the Network of Departmental Official Languages Champions is equipped with a formal structure and a permanent secretariat. I think, as an exiting chair of the Council of the Network of Departmental Official Languages Champions, you made a presentation entitled “The Evolution of Official Languages” during an armchair discussion at the Canada School of Public Service on February 19, 2009. It's an interesting read, and I just have a couple of questions for you in this regard.
During your presentation you said the following:
...we must forget the old concept of “mandatory bilingualism” and continue to develop what I would call a “positively necessary and voluntarily adopted bilingualism.”
Can you tell us what you mean by this? What does this mean from exactly the point of view of the impact of this discussion on Library and Archives Canada?
You can take a couple of minutes here.