Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming today. I appreciate the important work you and your colleagues do across this country and in fact around the world. It's great that you are here today.
Rear-Admiral Smith,
two things come to mind. First, there are anglophones and francophones who would like to take training in their second language in the interest of advancing their military career. They might also want to do so for personal and other reasons. Second, there might be a problem, or a challenge, with regard to training, as Mr. Nadeau said earlier, as far as technical training is concerned in one or the other official language. In my opinion, once again, this basically means one thing, namely that the course material must be available in both official languages. This is essential if members of the Canadian Forces want to reach their language objectives.
Therefore, my first question is simple. Briefly, regarding courses at the Royal Military College in Kingston and the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, will officer-cadets be able to take training in their second language in order to climb the ranks, and therefore improve their language skills, yes or no?