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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable ROSE-MARIE LOSIER-COOL

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Monday, May 26, 2003

Issue No. 7

Fifth meeting on:
The application of the Official Languages Act

Third and last meeting on: The study of the report entitled ``Environmental Scan: Access to Justice in Both Official Languages''

INCLUDING: THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Third Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (106K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Sheila Copps, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage

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WITNESSES:

From the Department of Canadian Heritage:

René Bouchard, Director General, Broadcasting Policy and Innovation;

Hilaire Lemoine, Director General, Official languages Support Programmes;

Eileen Sarkar, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Heritage;

Susan Peterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs.

From the consortium national de formation en santé:

Pierre Gaudet, Acting Coordinator.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Chair

The Honourable Wilbert Keon, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Beaudoin, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chaput, Comeau, Gauthier, Lapointe, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Maheu

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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