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Official Languages committee I don't know if there are any trilingual positions, but there are certainly bilingual positions. There's also a bilingual bonus that—
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee English and French, for staff--
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Sorry, can you say that again?
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee That could be obtained.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee I don't have that.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Maybe first in response to that, if you look on the website for the report I did on health care, I think that will help you understand to some extent what some of the issues are. There are official positions that are translators--for example, at Stanton Territorial Hospital--and those people can be accessed through other health care facilities.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee —so I did a special report on health care.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Probably Tlicho, I would say.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Yes, I would say that's probably third.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee English, yes.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee I think you've hit the nail on the head. It always boils down to resources. I think that's the bottom line. I don't think it's a lack of willingness on the part of the government to promote cultural events and to promote language growth. I don't think that's the issue. It's always the money.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee That certainly does exist in statistics. If that's something you're interested in, the office could certainly provide you with that.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Well, if you look at French, it would be about 10% of the population in the territories that feels functionally bilingual. Of course, people have different ideas about what that means, but they would feel functionally bilingual. You look at a language such as Gwich'in and it would be a very small percentage, and--
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Oh, I would say second.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg
Official Languages committee Correct.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Gullberg