Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday, November 6, 2006

Issue No. 6

Ninth and tenth 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.

APPEARING:

The Honourable Josée Verner, P.C., M.P.,
Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages

WITNESSES:

Monday, October 30, 2006

As a panel:

Canadian Heritage:

Jacques Paquette, Assistant Deputy Minister, International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Sport.

2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Federal Secretariat:

David M. Robinson, Director General.

Sport Canada:

Tom Scrimger, Director General.

Monday, November 6, 2006

Canadian Heritage:

Judith A. LaRocque, Deputy Minister;

Hubert Lussier, Director General, Official Languages Support Programs;

Jérôme Moisan, Senior Director, Official Languages Secretariat.

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;

Gérard Finn, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch;

Renald Dussault, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch;

Johane Tremblay, Director, Legal Affairs Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

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)