Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable RENÉ CORMIER
Thursday, February 15, 2018 (morning)
Thursday, February 15, 2018 (afternoon)
Monday, February 26, 2018
Issue No. 21
Seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth meetings:
Examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act
INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH (INTERIM) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
Modernizing the Official Languages Act - The Views of Young Canadians
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 15, 2018 (morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 15, 2018 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 26, 2018
- Seventh (Interim) Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 15, 2018 (morning meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 15, 2018 (afternoon meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 26, 2018
WITNESSES
Thursday, February 15, 2018 (morning)
Société de la francophonie manitobaine:
Christian Monnin, President;
Bintou Sacko, Director, Accueil francophone.
Centre culturel franco-manitobain:
Ginette Lavack, Director General.
Santé en français:
Francis LaBossière, President;
Annie Bédard, Executive Director.
Fédération des parents francophones du Manitoba:
Brigitte L'Heureux, Executive Director.
Division scolaire franco-manitobaine:
Alain Laberge, Director General.
Saint-Boniface University:
Gabor Csepregi, President.
Canadian Parents for French - Manitoba:
Rena Prefontaine, President;
Krystyna Baranowski, Vice President;
Catherine Davies, Executive Director.
Thursday, February 15, 2018 (afternoon)
Union nationale métisse Saint-Joseph du Manitoba:
Pauline Hince, Métis Nation and Red River Métis Grandmother;
Nancy Gouliquer, Elder.
World Trade Centre Winnipeg:
Mariette Mulaire, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Association des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba:
Louis Tétrault, Executive Director.
Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities:
Louis Allain, Executive Director.
Government of Manitoba:
Rochelle Squires, Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs;
Fred Meier, Clerk of the Executive Council, Cabinet Secretary and Co-Chair of the Francophone Affairs Advisory Council.
Teresa Collins, Executive Director, Francophone Affairs Secretariat of Manitoba.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Réseau pour le développement de l'alphabétisme et des compétences:
Michel Robillard, Board member;
Gabrielle Lopez, Representative.
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), Jaffer, Maltais, McIntyre, Mégie, Moncion, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)