Yes. I completely agree with Ms. Bohbot and I would add that, until now, the translation bureau and the University of Ottawa have worked together to train new interpreters; that this must continue. The fear right now about the proposed system is that it alienates professional interpreters, considering that the Government of Canada is clearly the largest employer of interpreters, but not the only one. There is also a private sector, and the professional interpreters who are displaced by the lowest bidders will go to the private sector. This has in fact already begun. There is a brain drain. As a result, you will get the services of the lowest bidder when you hold your committee meetings.
On February 7th, 2017. See this statement in context.