Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue No. 23 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of April 23, 2018

OTTAWA, Monday April 23, 2018
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[Traduction]

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages met this day at 5:04 p.m., in room 257, East Block, the chair, the Honourable René Cormier, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Cormier, Gagné, Jaffer, Maltais, McIntyre, Mégie, Moncion, Poirier and Smith (9).

In attendance: Marie-Ève Hudon, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament; Joëlle Nadeau, Acting Committee Clerk, Senate Committees Directorate.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, April 6, 2017, the committee continued to examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 12.)

WITNESSES:

Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick;

Luc Desjardins, President;

Frédérick Dion, Executive Director.

As an individual:

Gino LeBlanc, Director, Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs, Simon Fraser University.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Desjardins made a statement and, together with Mr. Dion, answered questions.

At 6:13 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 6:18 p.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. LeBlanc made a statement and answered questions.

At 7:11 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:13 p.m., pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee resumed in camera to consider a draft agenda (future business).

At 7:28 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

François Michaud
Clerk of the Committee