Official Languages committee  The transformation model was developed based on the minister's office's recommendations, including recommendations which came as a result of complaints we received. The approach adopted with respect to some communities caused a number of incidents over the recent years. The recommendations which came as a result of this can certainly be found in our Official Languages Program Transformation Model.

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Official Languages committee  The aim of the official language transformation model is clear: it's to better meet the exigencies of the law. We have areas where we have done particularly well, primarily under part III, military justice. We've made great strides in this particular area. Even in the area of our senior leadership—among our colonels, navy captains, and general flag officers—most of our senior officers have a level of bilingualism.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Minister. A few elements are responsible for the DND and the CF going away from the universal approach and going toward a functional approach as proposed in the transformation model. One element is obviously the recommendations made by the Commissioner of Official Languages, whereby the transformation model had to take into account all those recommendations, and it does.