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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014 (in camera)
Monday, October 6, 2014 (in camera)
Monday, October 20, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014

Issue No. 8

Business of the Committee

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

Twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth meetings:

Study on the impacts of recent changes to the immigration system on official language minority communities

First meeting:

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (communications with and services to the public)

Third meeting:

Study on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act

INCLUDING
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Final Report: Seizing the Opportunity: The role of communities in a constantly changing immigration system)

WITNESSES

Monday, October 20, 2014

The Honourable Senator Maria Chaput, sponsor of the bill;

Vrouyr Makalian, Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Chaput.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;

Ghislaine Saikaley, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch;

Mary Donaghy, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch; and

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

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair

The Honourable Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Fortin-Duplessis, Jaffer, Maltais, Poirier, Rivard, Seidman, 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 Charette-Poulin (October 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (October 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (October 7, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (October 6, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (September 30, 2014).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (September 30, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (September 29, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (September 25, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Seidman was added to the membership (September 12, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (September 12, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (July 17, 2014).

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