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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 12

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 8:45 a.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, the Hon. Michael D. Chong, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Robert Aubin, Hon. Mauril Bélanger, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Royal Galipeau, Jacques Gourde, Dan Harris, Guy Lauzon, Costas Menegakis, Élaine Michaud, Bernard Trottier and John Weston.

Acting Members present: Rosane Doré Lefebvre for Yvon Godin.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Lucie Lecomte, Analyst.

Witnesses: Consortium national de formation en santé: Jocelyne Lalonde, Executive Director; Caroline Gagnon, Director of Communications. Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique: Réal Roy, President; Christine Sotteau, Executive Director. Société Santé en français: Denis Fortier, Vice-President, Medical Services, Regional Health Authority Central Manitoba Inc., Member of the Board of Directors, Conseil communauté en santé du Manitoba; Colette Rivet, Executive Director; Aurel Schofield, Steering Committee Member , Director, Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Associate Dean, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l'Université de Sherbrooke.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, September 29, 2011, the Committee resumed its study on the evaluation of the Roadmap: improving programs and service delivery.

Jocelyne Lalonde, Aurel Schofield, Denis Fortier and Réal Roy made statements and, with Christine Sotteau, answered questions.

At 10:27 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:31 a.m., the sitting resumed.

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

Mauril Bélanger moved, — That the Committee respectfully requests the Department of Canadian Heritage to provide the report of the mid-term evaluation of the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future as part of its study on the evaluation of the Roadmap: improving programs and service delivery, and that this report be made public.

Costas Menegakis moved, — That the Committee proceed to sit in camera .

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 6; NAYS: 5.

At 10:35 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:36 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That the Committee respectfully requests the Department of Canadian Heritage to provide the report of the mid-term evaluation of the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future as part of its study on the evaluation of the Roadmap: improving programs and service delivery, and that this report be made public.

At 10:42 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Simon Larouche
Clerk of the Committee

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