Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

Monday, December 4, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006

Issue No. 10

Eighteenth and nineteenth 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 John Baird, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board

The Honourable David Emerson, P.C., M.P., Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, P.C., M.P., Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for Sport

WITNESSES:

Monday, December 4, 2006

CBC/Radio-Canada:

Robert Rabinovitch, President and CEO;

Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President French Services;

Michel Tremblay, Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development.

Bell Globemedia/Rogers Media Partnership:

Paul D. Sparkes, Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Public Affairs, Bell Globemedia;

René Guimond, President, TQS;

Rick Brace, President, CTV;

Gerry Frappier, President and General Manager, RDS;

Doug Beeforth, President, Rogers Sportsnet Inc.

Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada:

Monique Boudrias, Executive Vice-President;

Kelly Collins, Director General, Office of the Vice-President, Official Languages.

Department of Justice Canada:

François Nadeau, Counsel, Treasury Board Portfolio Legal Services.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Canadian Heritage:

Judith A. LaRocque, Deputy Minister;

David M. Robinson, Director General, 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Federal Secretariat;

Tom Scrimger, Director General, Sport Canada.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair

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

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Jaffer, Losier-Cool, Munson, Murray, P.C., Nolin, Robichaud, P.C., 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 Munson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tardif (December 11, 2006).

The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (December 11, 2006).