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Official Languages committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to appear before you to discuss the role of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, better known as FedDev Ontario, in regards to the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013. My name
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee There are about 200.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee They are bilingual based on the definition—
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee They have the BBB level.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee Some employees have the CBC level and others have the BBB level.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee That's right.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee That's a good question.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee I think that— there are different ways to evaluate bilingualism, of course, so we follow the public service process in terms of....
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee For all the programs?
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee My understanding is that when the roadmap comes to an end, those funds will lapse.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee In our case, what happened is that when the agency was first created, we were actually created halfway through the fiscal year of 2009-10. EDI was actually operating at the beginning of the fiscal year, so we lost half a year's time, given the fact that it was FedNor that was del
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee Absolutely. We've been trying to do that. We actually reprofiled money from 2009-10 to 2010-11, and we've been trying to keep doing that.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee We actually received a letter from the Minister of Canadian Heritage with respect to the Official Languages Act, asking if we wanted to designate ourselves as a designated department under the act.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore
Official Languages committee I don't know if it's possible or not, but I'll certainly bring that question back.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Jeff Moore