Official Languages committee  Sir, I would simply like to clarify once again that New Brunswick does not report to Halifax.

Official Languages committee  There is the managing official who is located in Halifax, but the other senior positions are dispersed throughout the Atlantic region.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Ms. Guay. I do not know which statement you are referring to.

Official Languages committee  No. I am referring to this statement you mentioned, that was made by an official in the region who contradicted my statement. I do not know what you are referring to.

Official Languages committee  That is right. And in fact, it was my...

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  New Brunswick does not...

Official Languages committee  What I was trying to explain to you is that we have senior positions located in all provinces. Ten of them are in New Brunswick. Some of the people holding these positions report to people who are also in New Brunswick. We have a type of decentralized management system.

Official Languages committee  We have a structure that covers the four Atlantic provinces. There are four business lines and fields of work within Service Canada. We have officials for each of these work lines, business lines. Some of them are located in New Brunswick. Some in Newfoundland. Some in Nova Scotia.

Official Languages committee  We have...

Official Languages committee  I am sorry that it is so difficult to explain this to you. We have four provinces.

Official Languages committee  We are not organized on a provincial basis. That may be the easiest way to explain it. However, we have senior positions in the four provinces and we ensure respect for official languages in terms of language of work and within all channels of supervision we set up.

Official Languages committee  I would not choose a moratorium to begin with. I plan rather to consider the options available for services in those two communities, that is, Petit-de-Grat and Chéticamp.

Official Languages committee  We will come back.

Official Languages committee  Thank for your question, Mr. Chairman. Before my appearance on March 8, I had been informed that these discussions had been held with those two organizations as well as with two other small organizations from Petit-de-Grat and Chéticamp. I had the same reactions that you have just described in the letter you have before you, that is that these organizations were not satisfied with the nature of the discussions that took place before these changes.