I can cite a concrete example that comes to mind; there are many. These networks that we encourage are having an impact. We have coordinators, official language officers in the departments. A number of departments have officers in the regions. The example that comes to my mind is taking place in Saskatchewan. All Fridays are French Fridays, which are an initiative of federal employees who are members of our networks. They are taking it upon themselves to organize what are essentially wine and cheese parties with the local community. Francophones and people wanting to practise their French attend a social event, speak among themselves and learn about the news concerning their community, whether it be about a theatre play, a concert and so on.
There is real community involvement. It has to be said that our bilingual staff across the country consists of people who have families and who believe in the official languages program. Many of them have adopted French as a second language, or English in the case of Quebec. They send their children to immersion schools and create demand for school programs in the minority French-language schools. All that is having an impact not only on service delivery, but also on opportunities for working in their language. These are what I consider fundamentally important supports for linguistic duality.