I salute your efforts and I salute the work of the public servants who work in your offices. However, the fact remains that you cannot learn a language from one day to the next.
As my colleague, Mr. Godin, mentioned, you spent 11 years in a position within an officially bilingual province. When you meet the media, you will be representing the Office of the Auditor General on behalf of all Canadians, be they French Canadians, Quebeckers or English Canadians.
Your work is going to begin immediately, before you will have had time to learn French. If you are chosen, your work is going to begin right away. How are you going to accelerate this learning process, since over a period of 11 years you did not reach an acceptable level for the federal public service?