Official Languages committee  I admit I wasn't here in 2008. As I mentioned, we work very closely together. I imagine we didn't always share the same view on everything, but we nevertheless all have the same goal and the same objectives. The first idea was formed the right way because every agency has its own

Official Languages committee  We have some mechanisms. We meet the officials from all the agencies in person. We are the ones coordinating the evaluation. As far as possible, we try to establish similar processes and questions so that we can establish a form of reporting that ultimately constitutes a good sum

Official Languages committee  It's a little of both. First, we worked closely with the agencies to establish criteria so that they would be logical. In some cases, the agencies conducted their own evaluation, and, in other cases, we did so together because it was more efficient that way. We hired an advisor t

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  They have almost all finished. I believe they have completed their evaluation in the west. They have all started, and we expect them all to have finished by the end of March. To obtain more specific information, it would be better to ask them exactly how far they have gone. For

Official Languages committee  Yes, no problem. It's a document that we will even be trying to improve in the next few months. We use the document when we prepare Cabinet briefs and other documents.

Official Languages committee  They aren't exempted as such. The idea is to determine whether the filter applies to the policy or program in particular. That depends. It is determined on a case-by-case basis. There is a series of questions that officials must answer to determine whether they must apply the fil

Official Languages committee  We are working very closely with other departments, particularly Canadian Heritage and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. We have committees that work together. We will often share part of the research. Some research has previously been conducted in partnership with t

Official Languages committee  I don't have the figures here today, but we have them.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It's all…

Official Languages committee  The economic development initiative is a component of the roadmap. It is allocated among the regional development agencies and Industry Canada.

Official Languages committee  I'll have to look and see exactly how the $10.9 million is allocated, but FedNor has $4 million and Industry Canada headquarters has $1.6 million—

Official Languages committee  At one point, what was included in that was FedDev and…

Official Languages committee  We recently conducted an internal audit on part IV, and the commissioner has just completed an audit on part VII. The report will be published this spring.