Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Monday, May 1, 2017
Monday, May 8, 2017
Issue No. 12
First and second meetings:
Examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act
WITNESSES
Monday, May 1, 2017
Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française:
Justin Johnson, President;
Josée Vaillancourt, Executive Director.
Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité:
Jean-Guy Bigeau, Chief Executive Officer;
Simon Methot, Youth Project Officer;
Sébastien Benedict, Manager, Government and Community Relations.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Quebec Community Groups Network:
Rachel Hunting, Member;
Alexander Gordon, Member.
Youth Employment Services Foundation:
Mario Clarke, Director, Entrepreneurship Program;
Sarah Lukassen, Youth Coordinator.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair
The Honourable Rose-May Poirier, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bovey, Cormier, Dagenais, Fraser, Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Maltais, Mégie, Mockler, Moncion, *Smith (or Martin)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (May 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (April 11, 2017).