Language Requirements Change

Working at ESDC, I’ve noticed in every internal job ad posted in the past six months for EC-04 to EC-06 policy analyst positions the language profile of the position has been BBB with CBC deemed an asset.

It seemed strange as these are not positions with any supervision roles. Furthermore, I’ve met few people with a BBB profile who felt comfortable conducting business with outside clients/stakeholders in French, so I wonder - what gives?

Are others seeing the same in their departments?