Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. Thanks to the action plan, we have received funds to experiment with certain teaching methods. One method is heavily focused on the students. For example, they are given exercises before the formal lessons begin. This has produced good results because people are able to study before beginning their course.

Official Languages committee  We have held discussions with the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa, and have begun preliminary talks with public administration schools.

Official Languages committee  Currently, we are in holding discussions with several universities to launch private projects, such as the sharing of our respective tools to enhance bilingualism during university years. We have just begun this work this year.

Official Languages committee  With respect to the moratorium, may I defer to my colleague who can answer your question?

Official Languages committee  Nor directly at the school.

Official Languages committee  Meetings are held every two months and a meeting of the deputy ministers is held almost every month. One of those meetings was held last week.

Official Languages committee  We managed our waiting list in accordance with an action plan for each individual in order to increase the hours of training, increase the number of instructors, and we tightly managed the central process to find the best way to manage people and ensure quality of training. We hired staff who deployed intense efforts to administer each individual case, to manage needs and to forecast better in terms of the demand.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Dufour, could you tell us if training is available in Bathurst?

Official Languages committee  We do not have a language school abroad; we only provide training in Canada. As Ms. Ellis explained, I cannot comment on decisions made by the department in question. We provide training services in the national capital region and all across Canada.

Official Languages committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Good morning to all the members of the committee. I am pleased to be here. I am the vice-president of Individual Learning at the Canada School of Public Service. I am here today with my colleague Mr. Sylvain Dufour, who is the Director General of the language training centre.