Thank you very much, Minister.
RCMP representatives appeared before our committee last week. As you are probably aware, some designated bilingual positions weren't staffed with bilingual personnel.
I suggested to one of the representatives that they apply an official languages strategy, and he told me he intended to do so.
The RCMP representative said that there were two aspects that had to be reconciled: bilingualism and public safety.
If, for security reasons, a position must be staffed with a person who isn't bilingual, shouldn't that position be a term position until that person has taken courses and can manage in French or until a person who meets the bilingualism requirements can be found?
I'd like to know what you think about that.