Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are not proposing that all of the staff be eliminated in the Language Bureau. There would be some staff kept on who would be responsible for ensuring that the job was still being done adequately. It would be our intention to ensure that interpreters and translators were properly certified. This government would continue to develop and institute standards and certificate programs to ensure that interpreter/translators were certified. We would need to have some core staff who would work with the language communities, and cultural communities, to ensure that work was still being done on the development and promotion of aboriginal languages. Mr. Speaker, if I can, just one point that the Member made in his Members' statement, he talked about medical interpreters in the Language Bureau. Medical interpreters are not tied to the Language Bureau. Medical interpreters are directly hired by hospitals and health boards and there would be no impact from this change on medical interpreters. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 274-13(4): Interpreter/translator Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 274-13(4): Interpreter/translator Services
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 9th, 1997
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