Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Issue No. 4
First and second meetings on:
The impacts of recent changes to the immigration system on official language minority communities
First meeting on:
Best practices for language policies and second-language learning in a context of linguistic duality or plurality
Second meeting on:
The application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it
APPEARING
Monday, March 3, 2014
The Honourable Shelly Glover, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN):
Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General;
Stephen D. Thompson, Director of Policy, Research and Public Affairs.
Voice of English-speaking Québec:
Jean-Sébastien Gignac, Executive Director.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Canadian Heritage:
Hubert Lussier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Heritage;
Jean-Pierre C. Gauthier, Director General, Official Languages Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair
The Honourable Andrée Champagne, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, Charette-Poulin, *Cowan (or Fraser), Fortin-Duplessis, McIntyre, Oh, Poirier
* 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 Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (March 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (February 25, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (February 11, 2014).