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. 38

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 8:46 a.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, the Hon. Michael D. Chong, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Mauril Bélanger, Tyrone Benskin, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Pierre Dionne Labelle, Jacques Gourde, Costas Menegakis, Élaine Michaud, Bernard Trottier, John Weston and John Williamson.

Acting Members present: Brad Butt for Ray Boughen and Pierre Jacob for Yvon Godin.

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

Witnesses: Concordia University: David Graham, Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs; Lorraine O'Donnell, Coordinator-Researcher, Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN). Regional Association of West Quebecers: Noel Gates, President; Heather Stronach, Executive Director. Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation: John Buck, Executive Director; Grant Myers, Provincial Economic Development Officer. Société nationale de l'Acadie: Françoise Enguehard, President; Éric Mathieu Doucet, Executive Director.

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.

David Graham made a statement.

At 8:52 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:52 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Lorraine O'Donnell, Heather Stronach, John Buck and Françoise Enguehard made statements and, with David Graham, Grant Myers, Noel Gates and Éric Mathieu Doucet, answered questions.

At 9:46 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:49 a.m., the sitting resumed.

The Committee resumed consideration of the evaluation of the Roadmap: improving programs and service delivery. Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 10:46 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Simon Larouche
Clerk of the Committee

2012/04/26 11:41 a.m.