Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages has the honour to table its

FIRST REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to rule 104(2), that the expenses incurred by the committee during the Second Session of the Fortieth Parliament are as follows:

With respect to its special study on the application of the Official Languages Act:

Transportation and Communications	$ —
Professional and Other Services	1,978
All Other Expenditures	65
Witness Expenditures	1,246
Total	$ 3,289

In addition to the expenses for its special study as set out above, the committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $ 51.

During this session, the committee considered one order of reference, held 23 meetings and heard more than 42 hours of testimony from 86 witnesses. In total, the committee produced 4 reports.

Respectfully submitted,

MARIA CHAPUT

Chair