Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable RENÉ CORMIER
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
Issue No. 18
First meeting:
Election of the chair
Twentieth meeting:
Study on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act
Twelfth meeting:
Examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act
APPEARING
Monday, November 27, 2017
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage.
WITNESSES
Monday, November 27, 2017
Canadian Heritage:
Hubert Lussier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship, Heritage and Regions;
Jean-Pierre Gauthier, Director General, Official Languages Branch, Citizenship, Heritage and Regions.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable René Cormier, Chair
The Honourable Rose-May Poirier, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Day (or Mercer), Gagné, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Maltais, McIntyre, Mégie, Mockler, Moncion, *Smith (or Martin), Tardif, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to Rule 12-5 and to the Order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Mockler was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Poirier was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Moncion was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Cormier was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mégie was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tardif was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Poirier was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Fraser was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tardif was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Cormier was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mégie was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Moncion was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mockler was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Bovey was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).