Skip to main content
Start of content

LANG Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 13
 
Thursday, April 2, 2009
 

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 9:03 a.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Steven Blaney, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Steven Blaney, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Jean-Claude JC D'Amours, Shelly Glover, Yvon Godin, Monique Guay, Pierre Lemieux, Richard Nadeau, Daniel Petit and Pablo Rodriguez.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Jean-Rodrigue Paré, Analyst; Julian Walker, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Pierre Chartrand, Vice-President, Research; Johanne Lapointe, Team Lead, Institute Affairs. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Suzanne Fortier, President; Barbara Conway, Corporate Secretary, Executive Vice-President's Office. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Chad Gaffield, President. University of Ottawa: Richard Clément, Director and Associate Dean, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute; Sylvie Lauzon, Associate Vice-President, Academic .

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, the Committee resumed its study on the federal government's support for post-secondary institutions and their efforts in promoting bilingualism in Canada.
 

Pierre Chartrand made a statement and, with Johanne Lapointe, answered questions.

 

Suzanne Fortier made a statement and answered questions.

 

Chad Gaffield made a statement and answered questions.

 

Sylvie Lauzon and Richard Clément made statements and answered questions.

 

On motion of Yvon Godin, it was agreed, — That the analysts prepare a list of all Deputy Ministers and their level of bilingualism.

 

At 10:55 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Isabelle Dumas
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2009/04/03 8:20 a.m.