Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Issue 5 - Second and Third Reports of the Committee
Thursday, October 5, 2006
The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages has the honour to table its
SECOND REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Thursday, April 27, 2006, to study and to report from time to time on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act, now tables an interim report entitled Understanding the Reality and Meeting the Challenges of Living in French in Nova Scotia.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIA CHAPUT
Chair
Thursday, October 5, 2006
The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages has the honour to present its
THIRD REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Thursday, April 27, 2006, to study and to report from time to time on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act, respectfully requests the approval of funds for fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, and requests that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel, technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary and to adjourn from place to place within Canada for the purpose of its study.
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
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
SPECIAL STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT
APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2007
Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, April 27, 2006:
The Honourable Senator Chaput moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ringuette:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages be authorized to study and to report from time to time on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act;
That the Committee be authorized to study the reports and papers produced by the Minister of Official Languages, the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Commissioner of Official Languages as well as any other material concerning official languages generally;
That papers and evidence received and taken during the Thirty-eighth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and
That the Committee report from time to time to the Senate but no later than June 30, 2007.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Paul C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
| Professional and Other Services | $ 29,100 |
| Transportation and Communications | 100,025 |
| All Other Expenditures | 3,400 |
| TOTAL | $ 132,525 |
The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages on October 2, 2006.
The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.
| Date | Maria Chaput | |
| Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages |
| Date | George Furey | |
| Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration |
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
| 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | |
| Budget | N/A | N/A | $130,100 | $10,500 | $91,205 |
| Expenditures | N/A | N/A | $65,805 | $4,547 | $35,554 |
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
SPECIAL STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT
EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ITEMS
APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2007
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES
| Working meals (25 @ $400 each) | $ 10,000 | ||
| Communications (professional services, advertising, media support, related activities, etc.) |
4,300 | ||
| Hospitality (reception for Commissioner of Official Languages' ending term, working lunches and other informal meetings with spokespersons from language minority communities and other stakeholders) |
2,000 | ||
| Registration fees — Conferences and seminars (6 @ $800) | 4,800 | ||
| Reporting and Transcribing Services (Fall 2006) — (Vancouver 2 days of public hearings @ $2,000/day) |
4,000 | ||
| Taping and Interpretation equipment rental and technical support (Vancouver – 2 days of public hearings @ $2,000/day) |
4,000 | ||
| Total – Professional and Other Services | $ 29,100 |
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
| 1. Travel expenses for two days of public hearings in Vancouver — November 2006 | |||
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$ 55,935 | ||
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2,160 | ||
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13,680 | ||
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5,400 | $ 77,175 | |
| 2. Displacement fees for seminars and conferences Funds allocated to allow for one or more members of the Committee to participate in different events related to its mandate. |
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$ 18,000 | ||
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720 | ||
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2,280 | ||
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1,350 | $ 22,350 | |
| 3. Messenger Services | $ 500 | ||
| Total — Transportation and Communications | $ 100,025 |
ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES
| Rental meeting rooms (2 days x $700) | $ 1,400 | ||
| Audiovisual equipment rental (2 days x $500) | 1,000 | ||
| Publications | 500 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 500 | ||
| Total — All Other Expenditures | $ 3,400 |
The Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.
| Heather Lank, Principal Clerk, Committees Directorate | Date |
| Hélène Lavoie, Director of Finance | Date |
APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT
Thursday, October 5, 2006
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 for the purpose of its Special Study on the application of the Official Languages Act, as authorized by the Senate on Thursday, April 27, 2006. The said budget is as follows:
| Professional and Other Services | $ 29,100 |
| Transportation and Communications | 100,025 |
| All Other Expenditures | 3,400 |
| TOTAL | $ 132,525 |
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE J. FUREY
Chair