Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13
Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT
Monday, April 29, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Issue No. 19
Second and third meetings on:
Best practices for language policies and second-language learning in a context of linguistic duality or plurality
and
First meeting on:
The impacts of recent changes to the immigration system on official language minority communities
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 29, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 6, 2013
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 29, 2013 (64K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 6, 2013 (89K)
WITNESSES
Monday, April 29, 2013
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:
Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;
Sylvain Giguère, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch;
Carsten Quell, Director, Policy and Research.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers:
Philippe Le Dorze, President;
Chantal Bourbonnais, Executive Director.
Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers:
Michael Salvatori, President;
Guy Leclair, 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), Dawson, De Bané, P.C., Fortin-Duplessis, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), McIntyre, Mockler, Poirier, Tardif
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (May 6, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (April 30, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (April 29, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (April 23, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (April 23, 2013).