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House Hansard - 73

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • May/17/22 3:10:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the public service has gone back in time to the good old days when the foremen gave orders in English and francophones did their bidding. The federal government is hardly setting an example for CN or Air Canada; in fact, it is doing the same thing. In all, 19% of deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers speak French as their first official language, compared to 31% of workers and 23% of society as a whole. The Prime Minister decides who is to be appointed. He can correct this situation. When will he show leadership and correct this representation gap at the top of the civil service?
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