Official Languages committee  No, allow me to clarify. The court challenges program, which was abolished in 2006, was replaced by the language rights support program. Some remedies were probably not initiated, but they were not related to languages. Certain limitations to the funding of the language rights

Official Languages committee  The challenges for Air Canada have been partly.... Their enthusiasm, shall we say, has been muted somewhat. I talked to the president of Air Canada and told him that we would be making a special report. He reiterated his position that they feel it is unfair that they have oblig

Official Languages committee  We are developing a transition strategy. We are very aware of the situation. We have tried to prepare all the necessary information and are taking the transition seriously.

Official Languages committee  I think we should consider a key issue, that of minority press, which plays the role of traditional media, as it serves the community and is part of it. It finds itself in a fairly vulnerable situation in the face of this general digital transition. That's not only the case with

Official Languages committee  At the end of last year, I explained to all the employees and the management team that this year will be marked by three transitions. There is a new government, some management personnel will be replaced, and there will be a new commissioner. So we have created a transition commi

Official Languages committee  We have noticed that some provinces have been showing a special interest in official languages. New Brunswick has provincial obligations that are part of its constitutional obligations. Nova Scotia has adopted an official languages policy. Ontario has its French Language Services

Official Languages committee  We are currently in the preparation phase. That is why I hesitate to provide more specific information. We are looking into our funding needs to improve our processing of complaints. We are trying to avoid robbing Peter to pay Paul. There are some proposals, but we are at the pre

Official Languages committee  The courts determine the scope of legislation. It is not up to departments to interpret a piece of legislation. Our interpretation of the Official Languages Act is different from that of CBC/Radio-Canada. In addition, it would be inappropriate, given CBC/Radio-Canada's independen

Official Languages committee  When I met with the President of the Treasury Board, I told him that we would do a follow-up in 18 months. In general, in an audit process, we do not follow up from week to week on implementation or lack thereof. After a certain amount of time—18 months, in this case—we will publ

Official Languages committee  As a former journalist, I understand your impatience.

Official Languages committee  I used to work in an environment where what we wrote appeared in next day's newspaper. After 10 years, I learned to be patient.

Official Languages committee  We are seeing a sharper increase of complaints filed under section 91. According to that provision, the language assessment of a position should be appropriate to the role and definitions of the position's functions. The Treasury Board is increasingly using generic task descript

Official Languages committee  I don't know whether that means it is a tool.

Official Languages committee  We have already talked about CBC/Radio-Canada. We also provided our support in Thibodeau v. Air Canada. As I may forget something, I will ask Ms. Giguère to provide a more detailed summary.

Official Languages committee  I play an influential role. Although we can make recommendations to federal institutions through our investigations, reports and studies, as well as through my speeches and appearances before your committee, those are just recommendations. In that sense, my role is similar to tha