Official Languages committee  I recommended her as the chair of the committee that gives recommendations to the government for the creation of this université francophone.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, because she was the president at Glendon and had quite a lot of experience, including as a former Commissioner of Official Languages. She's very militant for francophones in Ontario in minority situations, so I thought she would be a good person to be in that position.

Official Languages committee  As I said, I applied. I submitted a resume; I went to a first interview, and a second one, I went through all of the steps and was finally chosen as the nominee for the position. I am not the commissioner yet. I am passionate about official languages. If the position is offered t

Official Languages committee  I don't have their names.

Official Languages committee  One of them was Mr. Martin Bouchard.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I don't know his name.

Official Languages committee  No, I don't know the names of the persons who were present. I know there were three deputy ministers.

Official Languages committee  I think there were also people from the Privy Council.

Official Languages committee  I was not given an explanation, but I was told that two ministers had to recommend the candidate for the position.

Official Languages committee  Quite so. I wanted that position to be created, and I knew that as long as I was there, the commissioner would have all the independence he needed.

Official Languages committee  At the second stage, I did indeed have to fight. However, the battle was a little easier because people had been able to see, based on the commissioner's experience and the relationship we had, that he had all the independence he needed.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I did.

Official Languages committee  TFO was affiliated with TVO, and francophones were not really being served well.