Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the President of the Treasury Board.
According to the Official Languages Act, public servants in Ottawa-Hull have the right to work in their own language. However, in his latest report, the Commissioner of Official Languages confirmed that only 11 per cent of francophone public servants regularly write in French and that for three-quarters of francophones, English is still the only language of communication with their boss and at meetings at work.
Will the President of the Treasury Board acknowledge that the federal policy on language of work has failed pitifully in the Ottawa-Hull region and that once again, francophone employees are paying the price?