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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 42

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 7-52, 131 Queen Street, the Chair, the Hon. Michael D. Chong, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Corneliu Chisu, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Joe Daniel, Anne-Marie Day, Jacques Gourde, Claude Gravelle, Chungsen Leung, Jamie Nicholls, Lise St-Denis and John Williamson.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Chloé Forget, Analyst ; Lucie Lecomte, Analyst.

Witnesses: Office of the French Language Services Commissioner: François Boileau, Commissioner; Mohamed Ghaleb, Project Manager, Investigations, Research and Monitoring. Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador: Gaël Corbineau, Director General. Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick: Anne Hébert, Director General. Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario: Peter Hominuk; Ferdinand Kashama, Vice-President.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, the Committee resumed its study of the Government of Canada programs designed to promote francophone immigration into Canada's official-language minority communities (OLMCs).

Anne Hébert, Gaël Corbineau, Ferdinand Kashama, Peter Hominuk, François Boileau and Mohamed Ghaleb made statements and answered questions.

At 5:11 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:16 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

Anne-Marie Day moved, — That the Standing Committee on Official Languages ask the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to provide it with statistical data on the new “Express Entry” application management system, which began operating in January 2015, particularly regarding the number of people currently in the Express Entry pool, the number of people who have come to Canada since the system was implemented, their country of origin, their languages spoken, including their proficiency in one official language or both, and their education level, before the appearance of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived, by a show of hands: YEAS: 3; NAYS: 4.

At 5:22 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

David Chandonnet
Clerk of the Committee

2015/04/24 10:42 a.m.