Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07
Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT
Monday, March 19, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Issue No. 13
First meeting on:
Government response to the report of the committee entitled: French-Language Education in a Minority Setting: A Continuum from Early Childhood to the Postsecondary Level
Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth 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
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 19, 2007 (92K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 26, 2007 (81K)
WITNESSES:
Monday, March 19, 2007
As a panel:
Fédération des conseils scolaires francophones:
Ernest Thibodeau, President;
Paul Charbonneau, Director General.
Commission nationale des parents francophones:
Ghislaine Pilon, President;
Jean-Pierre Dubé, Director, Liaison and Policy.
As a panel:
Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne:
Gilles Patry, Vice-President, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa;
Guy Gélineau, Vice-President and Director General.
Réseau des cégeps et des collèges francophones du Canada:
François Allard, President;
Réginald Lavertu, Executive Director;
Yvon St-Jules, Project Manager.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Veterans Affairs Canada:
Keith Hillier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services Branch, Charlottetown;
John Gowdy, Director, Executive Services Directorate.
As a panel:
Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise:
François Dornez, Community Deputy;
Marie-France Kenny, Former President.
Société Saint-Thomas d'Aquin:
Edmond Richard, President;
Lizanne Thorne, Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair
The Honourable Andrée Champagne, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Comeau, Cowan, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Jaffer, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Losier-Cool, Murray, P.C., Tardif, Trenholme Counsell
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)