Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  No. Often it's connected to the position. Approximately 80% of our positions in the department are considered bilingual. When people move from one position to another, they have to meet the language requirements of the new position, whether they are Francophones interested in a p

Official Languages committee  The most recent public service survey that my employees took part in showed that 80% of our employees were satisfied and that they are able to communicate in the language of their choice. I was a little surprised because that percentage is a little lower than the one for the publ

Official Languages committee  I will let Ms. Lorenzato answer that question, Mr. Chairman, but I would like to correct one point I mentioned earlier. One of the numbers I gave you was incorrect and that has been bothering me. We have 8,000 bilingual positions in the department out of a total of 13,000. I talk

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I will answer the second question, and Ms. Kennedy can tackle the first one. I have always wanted the members of my team to feel comfortable and be proud of speaking French or English. Around my management table, I have never been aware of any language-related tensions, and I wo

Official Languages committee  I have to report to the Clerk.

Official Languages committee  I don't remember receiving specific instructions--

Official Languages committee  Exactly; there are none in the Management Accountability Framework.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Minister. We are, in the main estimates, now showing the second year of our strategic review reduction, so that is the number referred to. That number essentially equates to about 118 people, just to put things in perspective. Going back to the point of the Minister—

Government Operations committee  Actually, there are two answers to your question. First, with respect to Public Works and Government Services Canada, we transferred over 1,400 employees, at an expense of $100 million, and an additional $13 million for administrative costs, for a total of $113 million. As for c

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. A couple of points, Mr. Chairman, if I can, for the committee to start with. We are right now in a five-year block of funding for the LTVP, the long-term vision for the precinct. Mr. Chairman, you're very familiar with the West Block. A lot of our eff

Government Operations committee  I hope someone is nodding in the back. For the La Promenade building, you know that a number of parliamentarians are in that building. I feel that we did very well there. That was delivered on time, and—if I remember well—it was below budget, or on budget. I'll just stick with t

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I appreciate it. As a first step, we tried to get our hands on the report. The only thing we got at the time, which was some weeks ago when the story broke, was essentially—and I use the words loosely here—an executive summary, which we did get hold o

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The simple answer to the question is that on the issue of the pay transactions, the 95% mentioned has to be processed within an established timeframe, and right now, we are able to report that we're at 95.7%.