Official Languages committee  I believe that the information we need to respond to the legal requirement to table an annual report on the implementation of parts IV, V and VI is sufficient. We have been able to sustain such a relationship for many years.

Official Languages committee  The committee clerk already has this information. The annual reports and reviews by each department are sent to the clerk by the federal institutions concerned.

Official Languages committee  No. There are various reports, including the Annual Report on Official Languages from the Treasury Board President, which deals with official languages. With respect to reporting requirements for plans and priorities, departmental reports are not subject to specific language requ

Official Languages committee  You asked for my opinion as—

Official Languages committee  I have no opinion on that.

Official Languages committee  It might be helpful for you to tell us which data you need. Otherwise, we would have to provide you with hundreds and thousands of pages of documents or reports for the 200 federal institutions.

Official Languages committee  Some colleagues at the Treasury Board Secretariat are responsible for the Centre of Excellence for Evaluation. New policies on results are being developed and will be in place soon. As for accountability to parliamentarians for spending, there is a question of the effective pres

Official Languages committee  Departments and federal institutions report separately on their performance according to the requirements of Treasury Board policies. So it is possible to check each one's data. Clearly, the president's report deals with the application of the act as a whole, for horizontal coor

Official Languages committee  Yes, I can provide that, but not right now.

Official Languages committee  Those are taken from the reviews submitted by federal institutions. They answer a series of questions, including those, and how you do on respecting the right of public servants to meetings in both official languages.

Official Languages committee  It would be 4% who have answered that, and it would have come with an explanation, presumably because this is an office in a unilingual region where there is no right or obligation to conduct bilingual meetings.

Official Languages committee  We give percentages and numbers, yes.

Official Languages committee  Right, that have reported on that question, in this—

Official Languages committee  That's right.

Official Languages committee  Because we review once on a cycle of three years.