Controversy surrounded the appointment of Michael Ferguson as Canada’s auditor-general two years ago because he did not speak French. After an average eight hours a week of lessons his French has improved but he is still not fluent in the other of Canada’s two official languages.
Since Ferguson’s appointment the government passed legislation presented by the opposition New Democratic Party requiring all agents of Parliament to be bilingual. This had been the general practice in the past. Now it is the law.
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