Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

Third Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

Monday, March 1, 2004
Monday, March 29, 2004

Issue No. 2

First and second meetings on:
Study upon the operation of the Official Languages Act, and of regulations and directives made thereunder, within those institutions subject to the Act, as well as upon the reports of the Commissioner of Official Languages, the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Canadian Heritage

and

First and final meeting on:
Bill S-4, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act (promotion of English and French)

INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-4)

and

THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2003-04 — Study upon the operation of the Official Languages Act)

WITNESSES:

Monday, March 1, 2004

From the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Dyane Adam, Commissioner;

Michel Robichaud, Director General, Investigations Branch;

Johanne Tremblay, General Counsel and Director, Legal Services Branch;

Louise Guertin, Director General, Corporate Services Branch;

Gérard Finn, Special Advisor.

From the Senate of Canada:

The Honourable Jean-Robert Gauthier, Sponsor of the Bill.

Monday, March 29, 2004

From the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:

Georges Arès, President;

Diane Côté, Director, Liaison and Research.

From the Centre for Research and Information on Canada:

Andrew Parkin, Co-Director;

Gina Bernard, Research Projects Coordinator.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair

The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Beaudoin, Chaput, Comeau, Gauthier, Keon, Lapointe, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Maheu, Munson

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Munson (March 29, 2004).

The name of the Honourable Senator Munson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (March 30, 2004).