The people in our missions abroad are very much aware that they are responsible for promoting the interests and values of Canada as a whole and Canada's linguistic groups, particularly the official language groups. Every day, as they perform their duties, they are called upon to do all kinds of outreach activities for Canada, such as Canada Day celebrations or speaking in both official languages when they give a public speech. Also, the fact that they use both official languages when speaking with representatives of foreign governments increases Canada's outreach. Of course, in our missions abroad, we use both official languages as languages of work.
On March 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.