Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue No. 1 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of February 1, 2016

OTTAWA, Monday, February 1, 2016
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages met in camera this day at 5:30 p.m., in room 505, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable Claudette Tardif, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Maltais, McIntyre, Rivard and Tardif (4).

In attendance: Marie-Ève Hudon, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft agenda (future business).

After debate, it was moved:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages be authorized to convene its regularly scheduled meetings, which occur on the Monday during weeks that the Senate sits, in Room 257 of the East Block.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

After debate, it was moved that the chair be authorized to seek authority from the Senate for the following order of reference:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages be authorized to study and to report on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act;

That the committee also be authorized to study the reports and documents published by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the President of the Treasury Board, and the Commissioner of Official Languages, and any other subject concerning official languages;

That the documents received, evidence heard and business accomplished on this subject by the committee since the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-first Parliament be referred to the committee; and

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than November 30, 2017, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

At 5:56 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Maxwell Hollins

Clerk of the committee