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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 141
Thursday, September 26, 2024, 11:04 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Kelly McCauley, Chair (Conservative)

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• Jacques Gourde for Garnett Genuis (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Olivier Leblanc-Laurendeau, Analyst
• Ryan van den Berg, Analyst
Federal Regulatory Modernization Initiatives
Business as a Force for Good Inc.
• Tim Latimer, Chief Executive Officer
Freedom Cannabis Inc.
• JohnFrank Potestio, Chief Executive Officer
Natural Health Products Protection Association
• Shawn P. Buckley, Constitutional Lawyer and President
Trudel
• William Trudel, President, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, Associate Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on February 14, 2024, the committee resumed its study of the federal regulatory modernization initiatives.

JohnFrank Potestio and Shawn P. Buckley made statements and answered questions.

Julie Vignola gave notice of the following motion:

Given that:

(a) the media reported on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, that the Governor General of Canada, Mary Simon, was still unable to converse in French during a visit to a community organization in Lévis, Quebec, and that she had to cancel some of the events planned for her trip to Quebec for this reason;

(b) the Governor General said she was “deeply committed” to learning French in 2021, when she was appointed, and she reiterated to Radio-Canada, in a 2023 interview, that she wanted to be able to “speak to francophones” by the end of 2024; and

(c) tens of thousands of dollars in public funds have been spent on French language courses since 2021, with limited results; that, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee invite the following witnesses to appear for a minimum of two hours each within 15 days of the adoption of this motion: (a) Her Excellency the Governor General; and (b) the Minister of Official Languages; and that the committee report to the House.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 12:04 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:10 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and William Trudel made statements and answered questions.

At 1:00 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the committee