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)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 25, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 1, 2015 (in camera)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 8, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 15, 2015
- Sixth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 25, 2015 (103K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 8, 2015 (45K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 15, 2015 (90K)
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).