Official Languages committee  We have always tended to communicate amongst ourselves in both official languages.

Official Languages committee  It has existed for a long time, because before the arrival of the current deputy minister, a few years ago, our deputy minister was a francophone.

Official Languages committee  We could give you an overview of everything that the department has. The deputy minister already said that the department has an employee site. This site contains the tools explaining how to serve the public in both official languages, how to manage the—

Official Languages committee  They are clearly using it. Indeed, we could continue having these discussions and they could talk to us about the tools that we provide to them.

Official Languages committee  I think that we can provide you with a number of hits on the site. That would probably be easy to do.

Official Languages committee  There are some tools of this type that will be available. There are other tools—

Official Languages committee  —for a committee chair who wants to hold a bilingual meeting, for example. We have all kinds of tools, including one to translate words.

Official Languages committee  I will provide with a partial answer and ask our official languages champion to complete it. In my opinion, it is by leading by example that we make employees feel comfortable speaking their language. At our management committee, which is chaired by the deputy minister, meetings

Official Languages committee  Yes, I find that this has become quite an interesting site, because employees can go to it in order to get the tools.

Official Languages committee  They certainly do.

Official Languages committee  For what year would you like this?

Official Languages committee  There are not specific amounts for that, but the departments do receive money to ensure that they can satisfy—

Official Languages committee  We normally do not calculate those amounts. When talking about the way we work...

Official Languages committee  We can provide you with figures on our expenditures for official language training, the courses provided within the department. However, as for the way that we work within the department, we do not keep—

Official Languages committee  I can provide you with the departmental spending pertaining to your question. That is doable.