Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks also to the witnesses for being here.
Mr. Picotte, you referred to your special operating agency in words that have slightly taken me aback. You referred to it as a “bastard organization”. That is quite a loaded expression in various contexts.
You said that the number of people working for the Translation Bureau has gone down from 1,200 to 800. You just said that you are still providing a high-quality service, but that the organization you are working for is a bastard organization. I will give you the opportunity to elaborate on that. I know that the word clearly does not refer to the people, but it shows that the organization itself is repudiated. It is as if it was no longer a part of the government or the private sector.
Could you elaborate on that expression? I felt that it was very emotionally charged for you, but it is also very pointed.