Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue No. 1 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of February 15, 2016

OTTAWA, Monday, February 15, 2016
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages met in camera this day at 5:32 p.m., in room 257, East Block, the chair, the Honourable Claudette Tardif, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Fraser, Maltais, McIntyre, Poirier, Rivard, Seidman and Tardif (7).

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 agreed:

That the chair be authorized to request a complete and detailed response from the government to the sixth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages entitled Aiming Higher: Increasing bilingualism of our Canadian Youth, tabled in the Senate on June 16, 2015, and adopted on June 19, 2015, during the Second Session of the Forty- first Parliament, with the Minister of Canadian Heritage being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report.

After debate, it was agreed:

That the Commissioner of Official Languages, Mr. Graham Fraser, be invited to appear as a witness on Monday, February 22, 2016.

At 6:09 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Maxwell Hollins

Clerk of the committee