Official Languages committee  I have been here for nearly two years now. When I arrived, 11 persons were assigned to the Centre of Excellence. There has since been an increase of 10 persons.

Official Languages committee  As regards services, we would put the emphasis on horizontal advice to departments to assist them in discharging their responsibilities under the act. We would like to be able to ensure that the departments have the opportunity to exercise their true responsibilities under the

Official Languages committee  I believe this is a good partnership for those working on the Roadmap. It's a very integrated package and covers a wide range of government activities. I think what's good about it is that it doesn't isolate official languages from the normal activity of government. It helps ena

Official Languages committee  I cannot comment on the government's future decisions. If there is another version of the feuille de route, we would anticipate having funding for that to support the program and legislative responsibilities of the president. If there is no feuille de route, we would have to rec

Official Languages committee  There are 21 persons.

Official Languages committee  Not in terms of the advice we would provide to ministers.

Official Languages committee  I think we would be able to provide a description of how we actually did that—a framework, yes.

Official Languages committee  From the point of view of the Treasury Board Secretariat, if the government decided to go ahead with a new road map, we would obviously participate. The President of the Treasury Board has several responsibilities under the Official Languages Act, and we would like to continue t

Official Languages committee  The committee report will be an important input into our work, but we will be consulting with 200 federal institutions, as well as the minority linguistic communities.

Official Languages committee  Yes. What you're describing is what the commissioner has called the unintended consequences of these decisions. I can't comment, of course, on the decisions themselves. We have been very active to ensure that official languages considerations are reflected. I'll also add that in

Official Languages committee  That reflects the government's overall performance. We use the data to provide important figures. For the performance of each department, we use a sample of one-third of the departments every year. All departments will be covered after a three-year cycle. I would add that the pe

Official Languages committee  Yes, there are two aspects. First, there was an increase in funding allocated to the Treasury Board. That was necessary to assist us in understanding the changes that occurred in human resource management in government and the changes in responsibilities between the deputy minist

Official Languages committee  I would ask my colleague, Mr. Tremblay, to answer your question.

Official Languages committee  The answer is the same for us. The secretariat and our parliamentary relations group saw it.

Official Languages committee  To date, yes. However, that funding may be increased if necessary, for example if we want to add specific projects to the work of the Centre for Excellence during the year.