Mr. Speaker, Treasury Board policy, which must be respected by all departments, including National Defence, is very clear; all managers who work in regions designated as bilingual must reach a level of bilingualism by March 2003. Right now, those who are behind are accelerating efforts and we hope that they will all meet the standards by March 2003. If not, there will definitely be consequences.
In the House of Commons on November 5th, 2002. See this statement in context.