Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue No. 4 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of May 2, 2016

OTTAWA, Monday, May 2, 2016
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages met in camera this day at 5:33 p.m., in room 257, East Block, the chair, the Honourable Claudette Tardif, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Fraser, McIntyre, Rivard, Seidman and Tardif (5).

Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Gagné (1).

In attendance: Marie-Ève Hudon, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament; Marcy Galipeau, Communications Officer, Senate Communications Directorate.

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

At 6:24 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 6:25 p.m., the committee resumed in public.

The Honourable Senator Fraser moved:

That notwithstanding the motion adopted on April 18, 2016, the following revised budget application for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, in relation to a special study on access to French-language schools and immersion programs in British Columbia be approved for submission to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration:

SUMMARY OF BUDGET

ACTIVITY 1:
Public Hearings and Fact-Finding
Mission in British Columbia $ 123,328

TOTAL$ 123,328

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

At 6:27 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Maxwell Hollins

Clerk of the Committee