Official Languages committee  Furthermore, we have to have tools to encourage people to do their best.

Official Languages committee  I'd like to make a few comments, Mr. Chairman. First of all, once again, we encourage that in the action plan. That's frankly a challenge. We encourage people to respond to the public's needs in the language of—

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  With the public, absolutely. It must be understood that most of our employees work at headquarters and do not deal directly with the public. Ours is essentially a department that operates in the policy field. We provide advice to ministers; we work with the agencies associated w

Official Languages committee  Roughly.

Official Languages committee  Approximately one-third. I have the figure before me: 34%.

Official Languages committee  No, not bilingual. That's the representation of francophones at the Department of Public Safety.

Official Languages committee  I have the language-of-work figures. There are 331 bilingual supervisory positions.

Official Languages committee  Yes. In addition, 4.8% are currently vacant and 90% meet the linguistic profiles. There is still some work to be done to reach 100%.

Official Languages committee  I don't think so, no. However, I imagine the figure is available and we can—

Official Languages committee  Unilingual francophones?

Official Languages committee  Very few. There are two offices in Quebec.

Official Languages committee  Some people are unilingual francophones, but there are not very many of them.

Official Languages committee  One million people.

Official Languages committee  We have a very small regional presence in Quebec. That's the nature of Public Safety Canada. We aren't an operating agency. We just have two small offices that... They essentially have a liaison function, to communicate with the province and the people who work in the emergency m