Thank you.
Thanks to all of you for appearing here today.
I've been listening to the conversation, and it's ironic, because there's a lot of conversation about interpretation and assuming that something should happen because it's common sense. I'm a firm believer in common sense, but as we saw with the appointment of a unilingual Auditor General, common sense doesn't always prevail. When we asked about it, we got answers such as “he was hired on his merits”. I've met him. He's a very nice man and a very smart man.
I have a quick question on the issue of qualifications for agents, which this bill is trying to address. Do you agree or disagree that proficient language skills should be considered a merit in terms of a hiring policy for the government?