Official Languages committee  We are currently working on the Official Languages Regulations.

Official Languages committee  It's a continuum. An official languages policy exists, so what we actually do is provide guidance and advice to the departments on how to comply with the policy. We gather data, and we support the departments. That is part of our responsibilities.

Official Languages committee  No. It's a cycle. We have a policy, we collect data, we carry out an evaluation, and we provide support to the departments in an effort to help them improve their performance. The following year, we gather data and so forth. The improvement is ongoing from year to year.

Official Languages committee  I understand. I am now aware of it. Thank you.

Official Languages committee  The staff was larger before.

Official Languages committee  We have what we need to do our work. During our briefing—

Official Languages committee  We have diverging views, and I really don't want there to be any misunderstanding with the committee, which I have the utmost respect for. I want to provide the committee members with whatever information I can. You are asking us to operate in a way that does not line up with what Treasury Board asks of us.

Official Languages committee  It is possible, however, to establish a horizontal—

Official Languages committee  We'll put it together and we'll give it to you, yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  When we look at the data, however, we are able to say what the current themes or problem types are. We can identify the key problems, and we can do that precisely because we examine everyone.

Official Languages committee  I heard you loud and clear, but I also want to let you know what my constraints are. You have to have the right measure when you are evaluating something.

Official Languages committee  I don't have any measures, however.

Official Languages committee  There are 220 departments and organizations, and they are all different.

Official Languages committee  As you, yourself, said, it's important not to compare apples and oranges. The realities of some departments are quite different.