Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you again to the witnesses for being here today.
I have a lot of questions for you, but first I want to tell you about a problem.
A complaint was filed with the Commissioner of Official Languages concerning the fact that official languages had suffered from certain budget cuts, and from the fact, among others, that the departments and other organizations made less use of the services of the Translation Bureau. We have heard from reliable sources that there are “ghost translators” in various departments. As you know, that is completely prohibited.
What measures are you going to take to ensure that the various departments and organizations that use contracts will use the services of the Translation Bureau and promote the two official languages, as well as their quality? You will of course hire this person who will be responsible for quality, but how are you going to ensure that phantom translators won't be used internally, which is illegal?