Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Monday, November 3, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Issue No. 9
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
Second, third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (communications with and services to the public)
Fourth 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
Second and third meetings:
Study on best practices for language policies and second-language learning in a context of linguistic duality or plurality
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 3, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 17, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 24, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 1, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 8, 2014
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 3, 2014 (100K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 17, 2014 (86K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 24, 2014 (66K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 1, 2014 (51K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 8, 2014 (48K)
WITNESSES
Monday, November 3, 2014
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:
Marie-France Kenny, President;
Diane Côté, Director of Government and Community Relations.
Société franco-manitobaine:
Daniel Boucher, CEO.
Fédération culturelle canadienne-française:
Martin Théberge, President;
Maggy Razafimbahiny, Director General.
Quebec Community Groups Network:
James Shea, Vice-President;
Stephen D. Thompson, Director, Policy, Research and Public Affairs.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Daniel Watson, Chief Human Resources Officer;
Marc Tremblay, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Governance, Planning and Policy Sector.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Commission nationale des parents francophones:
Ghislaine Pilon, Acting Executive Director.
Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones:
Roger Paul, Executive Director.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Canadian Teachers' Federation:
Dianne Woloschuk, President;
Ronald Boudreau, Director, Services to Francophones.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Statistics Canada:
Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division;
François Nault, Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
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, Charette-Poulin, *Cowan (or Fraser), Maltais, McIntyre, Mockler, Seidman
*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 Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (December 8, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (December 2, 2014).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (December 2, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 28, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (November 28, 2014).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (November 25, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 25, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 24, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (November 24, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (November 18, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (November 17, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (November 4, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (November 4, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (November 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis (November 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (October 28, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (October 28, 2014).