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OLLO - Standing Committee

Official Languages


Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

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

Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF


Monday, May 25, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015 (in camera)
Monday, June 8, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015

Issue No. 13

Eighth, ninth and tenth meetings:

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

and

Eleventh and twelfth meetings:

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

and

Seventh 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 SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Interim Report entitled: Aiming Higher: Increasing bilingualism of our Canadian youth)


WITNESSES

Monday, May 25, 2015

Canadian Airports Council:

Daniel-Robert Gooch, President.

Regina Airport Authority:

Richmond Graham, President and CEO.

Thunder Bay International Airport Authority:

Ed Schmidtke, President and CEO.

Charlottetown Airport Authority:

Monette Pasher, Marketing Director.

National Airlines Council of Canada:

Marc-André O'Rourke, Executive Director.

Air Canada:

David Rheault, Director, Government Affairs and Community Relations;

Louise-Hélène Sénécal, Assistant General Counsel.


Monday, June 8, 2015

VIA Rail Canada:

Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Laurent F. Caron, Chief Human Resources Officer and Official Languages Co-Champion;

Eve-Danièle Veilleux, Advisor, Governmental Relations and Official Languages Co-Champion;

Diane Desaulniers, Advisor on Official Languages.


Monday, June 15, 2015

Canada Post Corporation:

Bonnie Boretsky, Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary;

Amanda Maltby, General Manager, Compliance.

Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne:

Jocelyne Lalonde, Executive Director.


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, Poirier, Rivard, 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 Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (June 15, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 9, 2015).

The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (June 8, 2015).


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