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Official Languages committee Yes, exactly.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee We rely on our supervisors to ensure that employees can carry out all of their duties. We are in the process of implementing a system to review our employees' capacity to work in both English and French.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee Yes, to make it more formal than it currently is. At the moment, we rely on our supervisors to inform us if an employee is no longer able to...
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee He is the service director. He is the one that makes the announcements. Based on the assessments we've had done, he is bilingual.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee Are you referring to the letter that was sent afterwards?
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee French-speaking.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee The apology was sent practically at the same time as the statement—
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee The day after the incident. There is one other thing. Our reservation data system had a browser problem. If an individual makes a reservation and uses an English-language browser, our system classifies the person as an anglophone. That is a common problem it does not only occur
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee Would you like me to read the complaint letter to you?
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee On August 16, 2009, on board Toronto to Ottawa VIA Rail train number 46, specifically car number 3, most announcements were provided in English only during an emergency situation. The railway conductor initially provided security instructions in English only but subsequently part
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee Before I respond, I would like to point out that further to all the media attention, we received testimony from other passengers stating that the announcements had been made in both languages. These comments support what our own staff was saying.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee Not to my knowledge.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee I think employees were stressed, and perhaps a bit abrupt, but the findings pointed to them not necessarily being insensitive to this person's fears. They were very task-oriented. A number of passengers had left their suitcases on the train, and they contained medication. These p
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly
Official Languages committee I can read you the complaint.
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Christena Keon Sirsly