Official Languages committee  I do believe that is the case. The Official Languages Act and all the pieces of legislation that protect language rights have a clear impact on the francophonie in general. In the federal act, it is a matter of language rights that are attached to the federal government's servi

Official Languages committee  That is always an incentive. Of course, I think the labour shortage may be related to the fact that we don't have enough bilingual individuals. However, the incentive to also work in French is among the options to consider. I think that is the case at the federal level, where th

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. One thing is for sure: between the two pandemics, there was a lack of planning. The planning should have happened immediately, in the wake of former commissioner Boileau's recommendation. I have been asking myself why that never happened since Januar

Official Languages committee  I like the word “automatically”. That's exactly the message I want to drive home to the government. Taking an automatic approach would make French one of the government's priorities right from the get-go, as soon as communications and discussions happen in relation to policies be

Official Languages committee  The number of complaints has been steady over the past year, hovering around the annual average, 300 to 325. However, during the pandemic, we've seen a marked increase in the number of complaints about pandemic-related communications, particularly health messaging. I mentioned pr

Official Languages committee  A few weeks after the crisis began, our office, community members, and the speaker of the legislature, intervened on the matter. On the YouTube channel, press briefings are now broadcast in both official languages, which has greatly helped to meet the needs of the province's fran

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am accompanied by Carl Bouchard, my Director of Operations in the Ombudsman's Office. My sincere thanks for this invitation to share with you my experience as French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario, with r