Mr. Speaker, the Official Languages Commissioner also said that, to implement such a policy, the government must be able to provide all public servants with access to fair, very open and very transparent language training, which is not currently the case.
So, a much more gradual approach will be considered. Our preference will be for public servants to be able to learn a second official language early in their career and for this to be included in their career plan, instead of deferring training until they are appointed to a bilingual position.