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Minutes

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 22

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met in camera at 3:44 p.m. this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, Mauril Bélanger, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Mark Assad, Mauril Bélanger, Eugène Bellemare, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon Godin, Benoît Sauvageau, Raymond Simard et Yolande Thibeault.

Acting Member present: André Harvey for Carole-Marie Allard.

In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Marion Ménard, analyst.

The Committee resumed the consideration of a draft report entitled "Immigration and Official Language Minority Communities".

It was agreed, -- That the draft report, as amended, be adopted as the Seventh Report of the Committee.

It was agreed, -- That the report be entitled: Immigration as a tool for the development of official-language minority communities.

It was agreed, -- That the Committee append to its report, supplementary or dissenting opinions from the opposition parties provided that they are no more that 3 pages in lenght and submitted electronically in both official languages to the Clerk of the Committee, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 2, 2003.

It was agreed, -- That the Chair, Clerk and researchers be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, -- That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, -- That the Committee print 550 copies of this report in tumble bilingual format with a standard cover.

It was agreed, -- That the Chair present the report to the House.

It was agreed, -- That the work of the Committee be communicated to the public by a press release.

At 4:25 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Marc-Olivier Girard

Clerk of the Committee