Federal employees fluent in one or more indigenous dialects will not receive a language bonus, said Treasury Board President Mona Fortier.
Currently, federal employees who are fluent in both English and French—Canada’s official languages—receive a “bilingualism bonus” worth $800 annually.
When reporters asked Fortier if the Treasury Board would approve an indigenous-speaking bonus for federal employees, she responded that the board would continue “to explore” how indigenous public servants can work in either English, French, or both, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Currently we are continuing to explore and make sure to work with Indigenous public servants so they can obviously serve Canadians in one of the two official languages they know or both for those who know both,” Fortier said….