Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF
Monday, May 29, 2017
Monday, June 5, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
Issue No. 13
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
and
Third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act
INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Horizon 2018: Toward Stronger Support of French-language Learning in British Columbia)
and
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget 2017-2018 — Travel Activity PEI)
WITNESSES
Monday, May 29, 2017
Quebec High School:
Warren Thomson, Principal.
Monday, June 5, 2017
Experiences Canada:
Deborah Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Courtney Peters, Program Participant;
Khaleela Skinner, Program Participant.
French for the Future:
Julia Albert, Ambassador 2016;
Nicolette Belliveau, Ambassador 2012.
Monday, June 12, 2017
Canadian Parents for French:
Nicole Thibault, Executive Director - National;
Austin Henderson, Representative;
Cristina Andronic, Representative;
Lucy Asante, Representative.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair
The Honourable Rose-May Poirier, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beyak, Bovey, Cormier, 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 Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (June 12, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Fraser replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (June 1, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Fraser (May 30, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (May 10, 2017).