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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

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Monday, October 2, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006

Issue No. 5

Sixth, seventh and eighth 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 SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Interim report entitled Understanding the Reality and Meeting the Challenges of Living in French in Nova Scotia)
and
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Application for budget authorization for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007: Special Study on the application of the Official Languages Act)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Second and Third Reports of the Committee
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, October 23, 2006 (91K)
• Interim report entitled Understanding the Reality and Meeting the Challenges of Living in French in Nova Scotia
   

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WITNESSES

Monday, October 23, 2006

As an individual:

Lise Bissonnette, Grand Témoin de la Francophonie for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games, Chief Executive Officer, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Canadian Olympic Committee:

Michael Chambers, President;

Caroline Assalian, Executive Director, Olympic Preparation and Games.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTE

The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair

The Honourable Andrée Champagne, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Comeau, *Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Jaffer, Losier-Cool, Murray, P.C., Robichaud, P.C., Tardif, Trenholme Counsell

*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 Campbell, substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell (September 28, 2006).

The name of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell, substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Campbell (October 4, 2006).

The name of the Honourable Senator Ringuette, substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell (October 16, 2006).

The name of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell, substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Ringuette (October 20, 2006).

Pursuant to the fourth report of the Committee of Selection adopted by the Senate on Thursday, October 5, 2006, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., was added (October 5, 2006)

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