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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 62
 
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
 

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 10:59 a.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, the Hon. Michael D. Chong, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Joyce Bateman, Tyrone Benskin, Corneliu Chisu, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Hon. Stéphane Dion, Pierre Dionne Labelle, Yvon Godin, Jacques Gourde, Guy Lauzon, Élaine Michaud, Bernard Trottier and David Wilks.

 

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

 

Witnesses: National Capital Commission: Guy Laflamme, Senior Vice-President, Capital Experience and Official Residences; Diane Dupuis, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Communications and Marketing. Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: Chantal Schryer, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Publishing; Elizabeth Goger, Vice-President, Human Resources. Société nationale de l'Acadie: René Légère, President; Amély Friolet-O'Neil, Vice-President; Éric Mathieu Doucet, Executive Director. Canadian Youth for French: Justin Morrow, Founder and Executive Director; Alexandre Turcotte, Director of Development.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), the Committee resumed consideration of the study of Linguistic duality during the 150th anniversary celebrations of Canadian Confederation in 2017.
 

Guy Laflamme, Chantal Schryer, René Légère, Amély Friolet-O'Neil and Justin Morrow made statements and, with Elizabeth Goger and Éric Mathieu Doucet, answered questions.

 

At 12:07 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:16 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

 

At 1:03 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Simon Larouche
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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