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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 110

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 8:46 a.m. to 12:03 p.m.

Regina, Sask.

Delta Hotels by Marriott Regina

Umbria Room, Convention Level (Second Floor)

1919 Saskatchewan Drive

Presiding

Hon. Denis Paradis, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

François Choquette

Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-23: Investing in Our Future

Witnesses

Conseil des écoles fransaskoises

• Alpha Barry, Chair

Réseau santé en français de la Saskatchewan

• Frédérique Baudemont, Executive Director

• Anne Leis, President

Conseil culturel fransaskois

• Suzanne Campagne, Director

• Gilles Groleau, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Association des parents fransaskois

• Mélissa Castonguay Cossette, Administrator

• Carol-Guillaume Gagné, Chief Executive Officer

Francophone Immigration Network of Saskatchewan

• Marie Galophe, Coordinator

Fédération des aînés fransaskois

• Roger Gauthier

French-Speaking Jurists Association of Saskatchewan

• Patrick Hopf, President

Collège Mathieu

• Francis Kasongo, Executive Director, Postsecondary Education

Coopérative des publications fransaskoises

• Marie-France Kenny, President

Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise

• Ronald Labrecque, Executive Director

• Denis Simard, President

Communauté des Africains Francophones de la Saskatchewan

• Céline Moukoumi, President

Conseil économique et coopératif de la Saskatchewan

• Kouame N'Goandi, Manager, Accountability

Canadian Parents for French

• Karen Pozniak

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Monday, April 16, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of the Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-23: Investing in Our Future.

Denis Simard, Carol-Guillaume Gagné, Mélissa Castonguay Cossette, Francis Kasongo, Kouame N'Goandi, Alpha Barry and Anne Leis made statements and answered questions.

At 11:20 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:43 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Patrick Hopf, Karen Pozniak, Céline Moukoumi, Suzanne Campagne, Gilles Groleau, Marie-France Kenny and Roger Gauthier made statements and answered questions.

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

Christine Holke

Clerk of the Committee