Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Issue No. 30 - Minutes of Proceedings - Meeting of October 24, 2018
MONCTON, Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages met this day at 2 p.m., in the Acadian Room of the Crowne Plaza Moncton Downtown, the chair, the Honourable René Cormier, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Cormier, Gagné, McIntyre, Mégie, Moncion and Poirier (6).
In attendance: Marie-Ève Hudon, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.
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:
Dialogue New Brunswick:
Nadine Duguay-Lemay, Chief Executive Officer;
Maxime Bourgeois, Board Director.
FRYE Festival:
Suzanne Cyr, Chair.
City of Moncton:
Dawn Arnold, Mayor;
Nicole O. Melanson, Manager, Communications and Bilingual Services.
As an individual:
Denis Roy, Dean, Faculty of Law, Université de Moncton.
Association des juristes d'expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick:
Yves Goguen, President.
The chair began the meeting.
The Honourable Senator Moncion moved:
That the communications staff be authorized to take photos during the meeting.
The question being put on the motion, it was carried.
Ms. Dugay-Lemay and Mr. Bourgeois made statements and answered questions.
At 3:04 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 3:15 p.m., the committee resumed.
Ms. Arnold and Ms. Melanson made statements and answered questions.
At 4:08 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 4:17 p.m., the committee resumed.
Mr. Roy and Mr. Goguen made statements and answered questions.
At 5:20 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
François Michaud
Clerk of the Committee