Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My first question is for Mrs. Hamoui or Ms. Jones.
Section 34 of the new Official Languages Act states the following:
A person appointed by the Governor in Council to the position of deputy minister or associate deputy minister or a position of an equivalent rank in a department named in Schedule I…shall, on their appointment, take the language training that is necessary to be able to speak and understand clearly both official languages.
How do you plan to guarantee that this will happen?
How many deputy ministers in office today are bilingual?