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Official Languages committee Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chair and members of the standing committee, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting both General Gosselin and me here today. As you've heard, I am the chief of military personnel and the champion for official languages for the Ca
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Major-General Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee Yes, Mr. Rodriguez. In February, the Borden commander prepared an action plan for the base, but it was sent to headquarters here in Ottawa. Despite the fact that the plan was there, it wasn't until July and October that General Gosselin and I decided to implement it. However, th
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee It is pronounced Sem-ee-an-off.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee No, I come from Thetford Mines.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee No, but that's a good question because my father arrived here in Canada—
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee Indeed, that question deals with a number of aspects, Mr. Chairman. First, as a result of all those aspects, there is a new plan. I'm sure that the plan will succeed and that I will be back here in eight months to provide you with details on the plan's success. As a result of th
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee Mr. Chairman, the questions and comments posed raise a number of issues. First it comes down to the issue of commitment. I would like to put this before the committee so that you are aware. Currently we are making many changes across our personnel management system. Starting thi
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee It depends in what measure and what scope. If one looks at the Canadian Forces at large to try to find areas where perhaps there are challenges, the answer is yes, and there were those same challenges through the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, and the nineties. They contin
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee Mr. Chair, on the two issues, first on the question posed on the abandonment piece, clearly my view is that I see it differently. We haven't abandoned it.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee Yes, it is.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee It depends in what measure and what scope.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee You're addressing your point to Commodore Bennett, I believe, who just last week was appointed the commandant, naval reserve. First, when we say “not bilingual”, if I can get into some of the details, if you look at what she discussed as part of her change of command parade, her
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee The answer is that we believe there may be, maybe not to the same scope and scale as that one found in Borden, but General Gosselin is looking already at the Saint-Jean issue, and we're looking into Gagetown as well and how we can do that. I come back to the question posed here.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee I'll pass that to General Gosselin, who will focus on the Borden issue.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw
Official Languages committee I'd like to make a comment, please, Mr. Chair. To be promoted, Anglophones today have to meet the same requirements as Francophones. To become a chief warrant officer or chief petty officer in 2011, you'll have to have competency BBB. For colonels, captains and generals, it's CB
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen Walter Semianiw