Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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 legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to rule 104(2), that the expenses incurred by the committee during the Third Session of the Fortieth Parliament are as follows:

With respect to its special study on the application of the Official Languages Act:

Transportation and Communications	$ 41,560
Professional and Other Services	713
All Other Expenditures	28,905
Witness Expenses	2,976
Total	$ 74,154

In addition to the expenses for its special study as set out above, the committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $12.

During this session, the committee considered one order of reference, held 34 meetings and heard more than 59 hours of testimony from 114 witnesses. In total, the committee produced 4 reports. In addition to hearings in Ottawa, the committee conducted fact-finding work and held public hearings in Quebec in the cities of Quebec City, Sherbrooke and Montreal.

Respectfully submitted,

MARIA CHAPUT

Chair of the Committee