That the Legislative Assembly provide adequate funds to the Office of the Languages Commissioner, whose business is language, to carry out correspondence, public communication, and meetings with the services of interpreter/translators, thus ensuring office credibility in fulfilling its goals.

The standing committee notes that the Languages Commissioner has requested $66,120 in supplementary funding in order to translate items such as the newsletter, website, annual report and other communications. The committee notes that the Languages Commissioner received an increase of $12,000 in her 2002-2003 budget and a substantial increase in the 2001-2002 budget. The committee is also aware that the Languages Commissioner may request access to the Legislative Assembly's language services budget for any further translation costs.