Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012

Issue No. 8

Twelfth and thirteenth meetings on:

The use of the Internet, new media and social media and the respect for Canadians' language rights

First meeting on:

CBC/Radio-Canada's obligations under the Official Languages Act and some aspects of the Broadcasting Act

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - March 26, 2012
• Minutes of Proceedings - April 2, 2012
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 26, 2012 (122K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 2, 2012 (76K)

WITNESSES

Monday, March 26, 2012

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission:

Scott Hutton, Executive Director of Broadcasting;

Paulette Leclair, Director, Public Affairs;

Véronique Lehoux, Legal Counsel;

Paul Comeau, Senior Communications Officer.

CBC/Radio-Canada:

Patricia Pleszczynska, General Manager and Program Director, Regional Services;

Diane Laflamme, Chief of Planning, Regional Services, French Services.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Public Service Commission:

Anne-Marie Robinson, President;

Hélène Laurendeau, Senior Vice-President, Policy Branch;

Gerry Thom, Vice-President, Staffing and Assessment Services.

Association of Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities:

Louis Tétrault, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair

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

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Fortin-Duplessis, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Losier-Cool, Maltais, Mockler, Robichaud, P.C., Segal

*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 Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (April 2, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Tardif (March 30, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (March 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Losier-Cool replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (March 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (March 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (March 22, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (March 14, 2012).