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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 60
Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:04 a.m. to 1:04 p.m.
Presiding
Hon. Denis Paradis, Chair (Liberal)

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• Leona Alleslev for Paul Lefebvre (Liberal)
• Stephanie Kusie for John Nater (Conservative)
• Phil McColeman for John Nater (Conservative)
• Arif Virani (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Lucie Lecomte, Analyst
Full Implementation of the Official Languages Act in the Canadian Justice System
KortoJura
• Hon. Denise LeBlanc, Judge responsible for the Program, Legal Language Education Program
• Allain Roy, Director General, Legal Language Education Program
• Françoise Bonnin, Director, Evaluation Service
• Normand Fortin, Conceptualization, test content and certification, Evaluation Service
As an individual
• Benoît Pelletier, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
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.

Denise LeBlanc, Allain Roy and Normand Fortin made statements and, with Françoise Bonnin, answered questions.

At 11:56 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:05 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Benoît Pelletier made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:50 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:53 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

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

At 1:04 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Christine Holke
Clerk of the Committee