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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15

Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF

Monday, April 20, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015

Issue No. 12

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

Ninth and tenth meetings:

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

First meeting:

Government Response, dated October 23, 2014, to the third report of Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages entitled: CBC/Radio-Canada's Language Obligations, Communities Want to See Themselves and Be Heard Coast to Coast!, tabled in the Senate on April 8, 2014

Fifth and sixth meetings:

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

Seventh meeting:

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

INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Budget — 2015-16 — Second-language learning)

WITNESSES

Monday, April 20, 2015

French for Life:

Michael Hudon, Communications and Project Coordinator, Canadian Parents for French — Manitoba.

French for the Future:

Danielle Lamothe, Executive Director.

Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada:

Deborah Morrison, Executive Director.

The Conference Board of Canada:

Alan Arcand, Associate Director, Centre for Municipal Studies;

Pedro Antunes, Deputy Chief Economist and Executive Director, Forecasting and Analysis.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

Louis Lalande, Executive Vice-President, French Services;

Patricia Pleszczynska, Executive Director, Regional Services and ICI Radio-Canada Première;

Shelagh Kinch, Managing Director, English Services in Quebec.

Société Santé en français:

Dr. Aurel Schofield, President;

Michel Tremblay, Executive Director.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;

Mary Donaghy, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch;

Ghislaine Saikaley, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch.

Johane Tremblay, Director and General Counsel.

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), Jaffer, Maltais, McIntyre, Poirier, 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 Jaffer was added to the membership (April 21, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (April 17, 2015).

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