Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue 5 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, February 5, 2003

Resuming debate on the motion, as modified, of the Honourable Senator Gauthier, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser:

That the report entitled Environmental Scan: Access to Justice in Both Official Languages, revised on July 25, 2002, and commissioned by the Department of Justice of Canada, be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages for study and report;

That the Committee review the issue of clarifying the access and exercise of language rights with respect to the Divorce Act, the Bankruptcy Act, the Criminal Code, the Contraventions Act and other appropriate acts as applicable; and

That the Committee report no later than May 31, 2003.

After debate, the question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate