Official Languages committee  I don't understand what you're getting at. You asked what we do. We encourage and assist our partners, like Canadian Heritage, which is responsible for part VII and which uses our networks.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We use the networks we built with funding from the action plan. We use all the material we produce to promote official languages. We included a part which deals with part VII.

Official Languages committee  That's a good thing.

Official Languages committee  There are initiatives, such as the single- window offices in Manitoba, where both provincial and federal services are provided to provide better service to the linguistic minority. These are our partner initiatives, and they provide services. Apart from that, things happen more at the ministerial level than at our level.

Official Languages committee  It is mainly up to the entity to implement measures in order to respect its employees' choice of language. If someone is unable to communicate, he or she must have other means of doing so.

Official Languages committee  We have no direct obligations, but as a central agency, we do a great deal to help various entities. We assist Treasury Board directly by studying submissions. They need [Editor's Note: Inaudible] official languages. For example, for the information campaign, we work closely with Canadian Heritage to create posters that relate to part VII, and not only part VI.

Official Languages committee  I'm not sure if they are available to parliamentarians, but I believe that they are posted on our website.

Official Languages committee  We will check.

Official Languages committee  If you are talking about training relating to non-imperative staffing—I believe that is what you were referring to—we are governed by a statutory instrument of the Public Service Commission, which is an official languages exclusion order. That gives us two years to meet language requirements, attain a BBB, or CBC level, according to the requirements of the position.

Official Languages committee  The department is responsible for resolving the problem, but must work with the Public Service Commission.

Official Languages committee  As regards the public service, policies applicable to the employer are much more specific than those which apply to other institutions.