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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 51
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 11:04 a.m. to 12:59 p.m.
Presiding
Hon. Denis Paradis, Chair (Liberal)

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• Dan Albas for Bernard Généreux (Conservative)
• Ted Falk for Sylvie Boucher (Conservative)
• Sean Casey (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Lucie Lecomte, Analyst
Issues Related to the Enumeration of Rights-Holders Under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Statistics Canada
• Johanne Denis, Director General, Census Subject Matter, Social and Demographic Statistics
• Connie Graziadei, Assistant Chief Statistician, Census, Operations and Communications
Department of Industry
• Larry Shute, Deputy Director General, Economic Research and Policy Analysis Branch, Strategic Policy Sector
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of the issues related to the enumeration of rights-holders under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Connie Graziadei and Johanne Denis made statements and, with Larry Shute, answered questions.

At 11:59 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:08 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Full Implementation of the Official Languages Act in the Canadian Justice System
Réseau national de formation en justice
• Ronald Bisson, Senior Manager
• Karine McLaren, Member, Lawyer, Director, Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques, Faculté de droit, Université de Moncton
• Rénald Rémillard, Member, Director General, Centre canadien de français juridique inc. et Fédération des associations de juristes d'expression française de common law inc.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of the full implementation of the Official Languages Act in the Canadian justice system.

Ronald Bisson, Karine McLaren and Rénald Rémillard made statements and answered questions.

At 12:59 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Christine Holke
Clerk of the Committee