Official Languages committee  Access to training needs to be enhanced. Managers must be able to communicate with workers in both official languages.

Official Languages committee  We certainly raised this priority at the National Joint Council and at the bargaining table.

Official Languages committee  Certainly. Following our last round of negotiations with the Treasury Board, we established a joint committee with the Treasury Board and the PSAC to review the use of indigenous languages in the workplace in the public service. We identified at least 450 positions in which wor

Official Languages committee  For many of them, English is their second language, but they appear to be more at ease communicating in their mother tongue, their indigenous language. It's important to recognize the value of this to the federal public service. Recognition is also needed for the fact that it is

Official Languages committee  Various statistics have indeed been established by the joint committee. I can tell you that at least 450 workers were identified as having to communicate in an indigenous language. It's absolutely essential in these communities to be able to provide services in the local populati

Official Languages committee  Do you want statistics for New Brunswick or the whole country?

Official Languages committee  Quebec is also a very beautiful province, it would seem.

Official Languages committee  We can get you the statistics, but I know that New Brunswick is a proudly bilingual province. Most of the people in New Brunswick frequently communicate in both languages, sometimes at the same time.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. It is in fact true that the main language of work in the federal public service is English. Everything is initially written in English and then translated. It's not done in French. Concrete measures are required to ensure that the information provide

Official Languages committee  No, I wouldn't say it makes sense. There are francophone communities across Canada, from sea to sea, and workers in these communities must be able to work in the language of their choice.

Official Languages committee  Yes. Definitely. They have not been reviewed since the 1970s. It's high time for a review of them, and of the bilingualism bonus.

Official Languages committee  It's more like 50 years without a review. What we asked for at the bargaining table was an increase to $1,500.

Official Languages committee  It should be the same language level that currently entitles them to the $800 bonus. Only the amount would change.

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. There is a huge disparity between the number of unilingual English-speaking managers and the number of unilingual French-speaking workers, who don't have the same opportunities for advancement.

Official Languages committee  It shouldn't be as long as 50 years. I don't know whether it should be done every five years, but it should be as often as needed to provide an accurate representation of the population and of bilingualism in Canada.