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Official Languages committee It's possible that, at that point, we took people who weren't bilingual and put them in bilingual position profiles. They don't meet requirements immediately; they have two years to do it. So we're going to see what the situation is.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee We're going to ensure that our people who occupy benchmark positions in offering services have the skills to do so. We're also going to ensure they do it because I think that's what's important.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee Everything we undertake with regard to modernization is done in both official languages. The description, the modernization project as a whole, is very bilingual, very Canadian. We work a lot with Quebec's Bibliothèque et Archives nationales. I met the dean of the Campus Saint-Je
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee It concerns the modernization of the entire institution.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee We have a four-year official languages plan. It will be submitted—
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee It's a plan that Mark will be sending to the clerk.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee That was in 2009, last year. So we're in the first year.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee Yes, but perhaps it wasn't as official and organized.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee We had an annual plan. We could submit a copy of that. It's more official now.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee We've already begun a consultation and collaboration effort. In particular, we are setting up a pan-Canadian network. This includes the French Canadian network of archives that we are implementing together with the various interested parties. That's one of the activities, but the
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee Absolutely. What I meant and what I continue to believe is that over and above the obligations we have, we must carry a spirit of bilingualism within the institutions and within all federal institutions. I made that speech also to the heads of federal agencies that, yes, ther
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee It's to understand--not only to be able to speak, but to understand--where it's coming from. I don't want to go into the major historical speeches, but if we recall the exchanges between General Murray and the Lords of Trade, at the time, they demanded this bilingualism which co
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee There are two things we're going to do. We're going to do our own audit process, so mystery shoppers—
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee Exactly.
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron
Official Languages committee Yes. We're going to do that to have a better sense of what the situation is. As well, we were one of the first to have professional trainers to train our people in both official languages. It's a partnership with the Canada School of Public Service. On site, we have two profess
November 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Daniel J. Caron