Ottawa is now functionally bilingual, and so it should be.
What does "functionally bilingual" mean?
Honourable senators, I consider myself to be functionally bilingual.
From the level of major and up, I have not yet met one who is not fluently and functionally bilingual.
À partir du grade de major jusqu'aux grades supérieurs, je n'ai pas rencontré un seul officier qui n'était pas parfaitement et fonctionnellement bilingue.
Also, how does the test for being recognized as functionally bilingual differ?
We are prepared to look at ways to ensure that judges are functionally bilingual in the context of the Supreme Court appointment process.
Nous sommes prêts à étudier la façon de nous assurer, dans le contexte du processus de nomination à la Cour suprême, du bilinguisme fonctionnel des juges.
Some agencies track the percentage of experts in their databases who are functionally bilingual.
All candidates interviewed were functionally bilingual.
Higher number of functionally bilingual graduates.
First of all, our job was to identify candidates who are functionally bilingual.
We are committed to appointing justices of the highest calibre, functionally bilingual, and representative of our diversity.
Nous sommes déterminés à nommer des juges du plus haut calibre, effectivement bilingues et représentatifs de la diversité de notre pays.
How many nuances will be missed by the brains of nine human beings who are functionally bilingual?
That said, thousands of graduates of second-language programs have gone on to use the skills they have learned to become functionally bilingual.
Ceci étant dit, des milliers de diplômés de programmes d'apprentissage de la langue seconde ont poursuivi leur cheminement et utilisé les compétences acquises pour devenir effectivement bilingues.