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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue 2 - Second Report of the Committee

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Thursday, February 7, 2008.

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages has the honour to present its

SECOND REPORT

Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 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 for the purpose of this study 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 for fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.

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

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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, 2008

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, November 20, 2007:

The Honourable Senator Chaput moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Merchant:

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;

That papers and evidence received and taken during the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee report from time to time to the Senate but no later than December 31, 2008, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until March 31, 2009.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate

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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES

Professional and Other Services	$ 20,000
Transportation and Communications	111,220
All Other Expenditures	9,500
Total	$ 140,720

The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages on Monday, December 3, 2007.

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 J. FUREY
		Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

 

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