The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

has the honour to table its

FOURTH REPORT

Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 to examine and to report on the use of the Internet, new media and social media and the respect for Canadians' language rights, respectfully requests funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, and requests, for the purpose of such study, that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel, technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

MARIA CHAPUT

Chair of the Committee

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE
ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

SPECIAL STUDY ON THE USE OF THE INTERNET, NEW MEDIA
AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE RESPECT FOR CANADIANS’
LANGUAGE RIGHTS

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2013

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, October 5, 2011:

The Honourable Senator Chaput moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hubley:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages be authorized to examine and report on the use of the Internet, new media and social media and the respect for Canadians' language rights; and

That the committee report from time to time to the Senate but no later than October 31, 2012, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until December 31, 2012.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Gary W. O'Brien

Clerk of the Senate

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT 

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 for the purpose of its special study on the use of the internet, new media and social media and the respect for Canadians’ language rights, as authorized by the Senate on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. The said budget is as follows:

Respectfully submitted,

DAVID TKACHUK

Chair