Official Languages committee  No, it affects people who want to stand for election.

Official Languages committee  They have to submit ... there are established procedures. So the Commission has responsibility for giving the authorization. It also manages what is called the job site of the Government of Canada for external appointments, when people apply for a job. It is responsible for language tests.

Official Languages committee  The Act, the delegation scheme, has been in force since 2006. There is nothing to suggest, one way or the other, that...

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  We had a responsibility to "demystify" bilingualism in the federal public service.

Official Languages committee  We hope so. It is very difficult to evaluate the extent to which people have a better understanding of what the bilingualism level means. We also had work to do with the anglophone community in Quebec. It is very important to explain what the bilingualism level means, for example by using the DVD that gives very concrete examples of employees who have different language proficiencies, so that people can really understand...

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I would ask my colleague to answer that.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Edwards will be happy to answer that question.

Official Languages committee  When it comes to the work you are talking about we are in complete agreement. That is what we did, in part, in the second phase of the Action Plan. Under the decision that will be made regarding the second phase, we would like to go farther in that direction.

Official Languages committee  We track the number of new entrants to the public service from the official language. Figure 3 basically shows the positions. Of those positions, 58% require English. So someone unilingual, or it could be someone bilingual, could apply for these positions. So we do track at the entry level.

Official Languages committee  I'm sorry, these are all entry to the public service.

Official Languages committee  Receiving complaints or monitoring the ability of the departments to provide services in both official languages is not the job of the Public Service Commission. It is the responsibility of the Public Service Agency, at Treasury Board.

Official Languages committee  No, they are no longer required to do that.

Official Languages committee  We still have responsibility for monitoring and overseeing. We have delegation agreements. My colleague can give you further details about those agreements. Some requirements are imposed in order to keep those agreements in place, and the Commission monitors to determine whether the departments are complying.