Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004

Chair: The Honourable EYMARD G. CORBIN

Monday, December 6, 2004
Monday, December 13, 2004

Issue No. 4

Second and third meetings on:

The application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act

INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2004-2005 for Special Study — Application of the Official Languages Act)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Irwin Cotler, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

WITNESSES:

Monday, December 6, 2004

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:

Georges Arès, President;

Marielle Beaulieu, General Manager.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Justice Canada:

Suzanne Poirier, General Counsel and Director, Francophonie, Justice in Official Languages and Bijuralism;

Marc Tremblay, General Counsel and Director, Official Languages Law Group;

Marc Giroux, Judicial Affairs Advisor, Minister's Office.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Eymard G. Corbin, Chair

The Honourable John M. Buchanan, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Chaput, Comeau, Jaffer, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Léger, Murray, P.C., St. Germain, P.C.

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C. was added (December 1, 2004).