Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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

FIRST REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to rule 104(2), that the expenses incurred for that purpose during the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follows:

With respect to its special study on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act:

Professional and Other Services	$ 15,410
Transportation and Communications	28,655
All Other Expenditures	1,953
Witness Expenditures	17,702
Total	$ 63,720

In addition to the expenses for its special study as set out above, your committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $18.

During the session under consideration, your committee considered one (1) order of reference, held twenty-two (22) meetings and heard seventy-one (71) testimonies over a total of 38.5 hours. In total, your committee produced six (6) reports.

Respectfully submitted,

MARIA CHAPUT

Chair