Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable RENÉ CORMIER
Monday, December 3, 2018
Issue No. 34
Fortieth meeting:
Examine and report on Canadians' views about modernizing the Official Languages Act
Twenty-first 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
APPEARING
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, P.C., M.P., Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie.
WITNESSES
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
Guylaine F. Roy, Deputy Minister, Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie.
Canadian Heritage:
Denis Racine, Director General, Official Languages Branch;
Yvan Déry, Senior Director, Policy and Research, Official Languages Branch.
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, *Smith (or Martin), *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 and November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator McIntyre was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Smith was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Moncion was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Cormier was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mégie was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Poirier was added to the membership (November 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Cormier was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mégie was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Moncion was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Smith was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Poirier was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (November 20, 2018).