Official Languages committee  That is correct, Mr. Nadeau, it can happen. That is why we have resisted the demands of employees in the west who wanted to be allowed to hold these better paid positions to boost their pension on the grounds that, as their region has not been designated bilingual, official lang

Official Languages committee  I understand.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the invitation.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  We did indeed, particularly due to the public announcement that was made by our designated public affairs person. I think they did the right thing. I would have done exactly the same thing. It was absolutely unacceptable and contrary to our policy. That's basically what both mini

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We can certainly put together a document outlining what we have done further to the incident and investigation--the press release and internal communications.

Official Languages committee  We'll make note of that and make sure the committee gets this.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mrs. O'Neill-Gordon. I'll now turn to Mr. Nadeau.

Official Languages committee  As a general rule, internal inquiries into employee behaviour are not made public.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it is a matter of complying with the individual's human rights.

Official Languages committee  Yes. As I explained earlier, if people have English as their mother tongue but are fluent enough in French to work at VIA, it may happen that in carrying out these duties in a crisis and panic situation, they may not necessarily comply with the requirement to use both languages.

Official Languages committee  Exactly.

Official Languages committee  You are absolutely right to bring that up. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.