Official Languages committee  I do have some doubt. I was rushing my answer because our time is limited. I say that we should look at the interaction between the policies being adopted and the Official Languages Act. We have to ensure that the objectives of the Official Languages Act are still being met. In t

Official Languages committee  No study has been conducted. I think you should perhaps go back to the DesRochers decision, which resulted in the filter I was talking about earlier. The DesRochers decision indicates that communications should be of equal quality. There is no equality when we are dealing with a

Official Languages committee  I am sure I don't have to convince you.

Official Languages committee  I said that the media told us about that. A few years ago, it was announced that language teaching would be privatized. As I was saying, we can assume that French courses are the ones that were privatized because we know that it is an official language, but the second official la

Official Languages committee  No, but you will find it all over the media. It was reported a few years ago, when the former government did it. It was a very sad day when an aspect of official languages within the public service was privatized.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Choquette. Evidence is crucial to making public policies that can serve the common good. Generally, in official languages, there is no analysis that could be referred to as language-based, downstream and not just upstream. When a disaster occurs,

Official Languages committee  I will answer very quickly then. I think translators need to be given tools to help them do their job. What you are saying runs counter to the solid evidence that shows that the Translation Bureau's workforce is continuously shrinking. Internal work isn't innocuous. Short email

Official Languages committee  Who is the question for?

Official Languages committee  Okay. I said this during an exchange with Paul Gaboury in Le Droit. When we look at the decline in the Translation Bureau's staffing levels over several years, we have to ask the question: is it to replace humans? There are humans behind the tools. Are the tools being used only

Official Languages committee  A translation tool is used to help the translator. The tools we use should not have an official status to replace translation work and change translators into post-editors. The translation profession needs to be protected. Mr. Delisle can also tell you about that. Canada's image

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. I didn't say that all tools were bad. We use many tools in our life, including to wash clothes, clean the house or read. You have a tablet. Technology is a part of our life. No one here is saying that we need to go back to the stone age; even then, p

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me to offer my thoughts on the controversy surrounding the implementation of the Portage tool in the federal public service. I am delighted to be here today, as the debate about the Portage tool