Official Languages committee  I don't have that information.

Official Languages committee  The Treasury Board Secretariat does not have that information.

Official Languages committee  That would be in the realm that our colleague, Mr. Lussier, was discussing earlier, of opinions of public servants on public policy issues.

Official Languages committee  The Treasury Board Secretariat has not done so.

Official Languages committee  MAF does cover official language components, yes.

Official Languages committee  I'd have to come back to you on the results of—

Official Languages committee  The official languages regulations provide the assurances that you're asking about. They implement the constitutional and legislative right to obtain services in the minority language, and they determine which of our offices are required to offer services in French, services in English, or bilingual services.

Official Languages committee  There have been for some time questions about the scope and application of the regulations, and as you may be aware, the President of Treasury Board recently announced that there will be a review of those regulations. That review has started.

Official Languages committee  —relevant.

Official Languages committee  The departments—

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, first of all, I would like to make a correction. I indicated that the reports with the responses provided by the federal institutions to the questionnaire sent by the Treasury Board Secretariat are public documents. In fact, the federal institutions forward them to the clerks of parliamentary committees under policy requirements.

Official Languages committee  The policy on results has clear and precise requirements that apply to the overall financial management of institutions.

Official Languages committee  There are no specific official language requirements. However, the reports are based on program elements. So there are several elements of the official languages program that the departments report directly. Take, for example, the Department of Canadian Heritage. This department has program elements for official languages.

Official Languages committee  It's indicated by regions designated bilingual.