Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable MARIA CHAPUT

Monday, June 10, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013

Issue No. 21

Fifth meeting on:

Best practices for language policies and second-language learning in a context of linguistic duality or plurality

First (final) meeting on:

Bill C-419, An Act respecting language skills

INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-419, An Act respecting language skills)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - June 10, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings - June 17, 2013
• Sixth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 10, 2013 (59K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 17, 2013 (44K)

WITNESSES

Monday, June 10, 2013

Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne et Consortium national de formation en santé:

Jocelyne Lalonde, Executive Director.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;

Sylvain Giguère, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch;

Ghislaine Charlebois, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch;

Johane Tremblay, Director and General Counsel, Legal Affairs Branch.

Alexandrine Latendresse, Member of Parliament for Louis-Saint-Laurent, sponsor of the bill.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Maria Chaput, Chair

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

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif) Demers Fortin-Duplessis Jaffer, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), McIntyre, Mockler, Robichaud, P.C., 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 Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (June 17, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (June 17, 2013).