Official Languages committee  It's 42 million, according to the—

Official Languages committee  I'm always hesitant to use the number of complaints as the sole performance indicator. There is something else that struck me. In 2010, we conducted an audit of the services Air Canada offered to travellers in both official languages. In 2015, we followed up on the recommendatio

Official Languages committee  Let's say there is a bill. It would have to debated in committee. If you choose among the options I have proposed, the committee will have to discuss that. I am not asking for a study. The committee should make decisions. I was very pleased to see the Minister of Canadian Herita

Official Languages committee  I mentioned that in my presentation to diplomatically point out that even ministers and members who are perfectly bilingual need to take the matter seriously.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I would say there are a number of challenges. Immigration is one of those challenges. When I say immigration, I often cite the example of Manitoba, where there is close cooperation between Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the province, and the Société franco-manitob

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yesterday morning I submitted my special report, “Air Canada: On the road to increased compliance through an effective enforcement regime”, to the offices of the Speakers of the Houses of Commons and the Senate. The report describes the means used by me an

Official Languages committee  Definitely. One of the things I am proud of is having investigated the complaints we received about the abolition of the court challenges program at the very beginning of my term. Our investigation report was the only document before the courts when the FCFA instituted legal act

Official Languages committee  I'm a bit out of ideas. I will ask Pascale whether there are any examples of bills. She is telling me that there aren't. We will certainly talk about this in more detail. There are four bills related to Air Canada that died on the Order Paper, but that does not concern the langu

Official Languages committee  In a sense, I am led to believe this by what ministers and the Prime Minister have said. Since the new government has been in office, I have wondered whether this might not be an issue for the Prime Minister and for some of his ministers since they are perfectly bilingual.

Official Languages committee  To them, it is inherent, it is a reflex. They don't think about it since they have been bilingual since early childhood. They don't need personal discipline to think about it, unlike someone who has learned another language as an adult and must discipline themselves to think abou

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  That is right.

Official Languages committee  At the Treasury Board, we have a generic job description where we recommend a B level for supervisor positions, even for positions designated bilingual. According to our experience, B level is not sufficient for managing people or conducting performance assessments. You talked

Official Languages committee  There have been two different letters. I sent one letter to the Prime Minister about the governor in council's appointment, and I sent another one to the President of the Treasury Board regarding the classification of positions within the public service. I have not received a re