Government Operations committee  I don't know those figures off the top of my head, but it is much higher in the national capital region. But everyone in a management position has to be bilingual. And that is why it is so crucial for universities to let students know that if they aspire to be managers in the pu

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  No. The proportions are more or less the same. I believe 67% or 70% of them are unilingual English positions. The rest are bilingual, primarily in the national capital region.

Government Operations committee  If the president is having a hard time explaining it, you can imagine how hard it is for me, as well. The managers are the ones who make the decisions and who are able to identify what their needs are. This is what we do: we create inventories for administrative positions and ot

Government Operations committee  We actually did that with the people at Sainte-Anne University. We worked with them and tested students in order to show them the level of bilingualism required by the federal public service. Following that pilot project, the School of Public Service signed an agreement with 11 u

Government Operations committee  There was a group of French teachers who trained people in their second language.

Government Operations committee  I would have to check with the School of Public Service. I do not have the list of universities. I can tell you, however, that the same type of agreement has been signed with Glendon College in southern Ontario.

Government Operations committee  I think that is a very good distinction. Some companies provide staff. The contract is to provide services. Others are really companies that do research on candidates.

Government Operations committee  There is an element of internal competition. At times, departments even try to outbid each other. For example, doing a certain kind of work in one organization may put an employee at level Y while, in another organization, it is level X. As a result, knowing that, employees can a

Government Operations committee  All employment policies in the workplace are the employer's responsibility. However, in the case of each organization or each manager we are committed to, we are responsible for the workplace. Collective bargaining is one thing, but when it comes to daily operations and employee-

Government Operations committee  I would just like to clarify some terms. By “casual employee” we mean someone who occupies a position for a period of 90 days. These employees are not appointed under the Act. There are term positions that could be confused with temporary positions. With term positions, employm

Government Operations committee  When bilingualism is required for a given position, then that requirement is respected. Otherwise, the candidate cannot be appointed unless the appointment is what we call non-imperative, and in those cases, the candidate has a certain amount of time to meet the requirement. Obvi

Government Operations committee  The general training policy is the employer's responsibility. We do not play a role in assessing the quality of training plans, whether for departments, or for staff. In terms of planning, we focus on the staffing strategy associated with the business plan. The challenge is to es