In selecting institutions for audit purposes, facts such as providing close services to the public and location within bilingual administrative divisions will be taken into consideration.

A prior written notification about the audit will be made. This notification is given for preparing the essential information needed for the audit.

Eg. : List of officers who have obtained their second language proficiency.

The relevant institution is physically visited by the audit team of the Commission

Recommendations to correct instances of non-compliance with the Official Languages Policy are issued. Such identified non-compliance must be corrected within ninety days from the date when the recommendations are issued.

Follow up activities are carried out to check whether the relevant recommendations have been implemented.