Official Languages committee  Do we stand up in Parliament?

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  I'll answer your last question first. When I began my mandate, I was told that the Official Languages Act was similar to a monument, that is that you only attempted work on it if it was absolutely necessary. I've been in my position for seven years now, and I would say that we h

Official Languages committee  I do like your questions. Are you by any chance a psychologist?

Official Languages committee  I will make one comment. I must say that I enjoyed working as the Official Languages Commissioner. I particularly appreciated working with parliamentary committees and with you as individuals. Over the years, relationships are formed. I have also learned, through my work, to bett

Official Languages committee  That is correct.

Official Languages committee  I mentioned this matter earlier. I do have concerns and let me tell you why. Prior to 2001 there was no minister responsible for official languages. The position was created in response to some of my recommendations and those made by other groups. It was felt that a minister was

Official Languages committee  First, I think we need to define what horizontal governance is, because in my annual report we have a whole chapter on that. We did publish other works in this area and we also reviewed existing work. What we found is that there are different definitions. So this is a problem.

Official Languages committee  No, it's real.

Official Languages committee  Okay.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Effectiveness is about achieving results, so if the results you're aiming at in this case are that you want to increase and support the vitality of official languages communities, for example, you need indicators. This is one thing we have. You need to establish indicator

Official Languages committee  Overall, things are going very well. I am not saying that there have not been any shortcomings. How do you say ”Guichet emplois” in English?

Official Languages committee  The Job Bank was a problem. The government seems to want to resolve it, but this file should be monitored. On the other hand, the Web sites are fairly compliant with the legislation. Sometimes, there are problems with the quality of the translation. This has already been discusse

Official Languages committee  First, I want to mention that we looked long and hard at representatives of the federal government abroad in terms of linguistic duality. We conducted two studies that may interest you. One of them looks at policies of the Department of Foreign Affairs. How does this department

Official Languages committee  Yes, some departments are known for their attitude. Departments may have difficulties, shortcomings, etc. But this is understandable. Departments are huge machines providing numerous services. With regard to attitude, I would mention Air Canada, which has shown a great deal of re