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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 25
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
The
Standing Committee on Official Languages met in a televised session at 9:10
a.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair, Mauril Bélanger,
presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Mauril
Bélanger, Eugène Bellemare, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon Godin, Jason Kenney,
Benoît Sauvageau, Raymond Simard and
Yolande Thibeault.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the
Library of Parliament: Marion
Ménard, Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Alliance des producteurs francophones du
Canada: Cécile Chevrier, President; Pierre-Raphaël Pelletier, President,
Fédération culturelle canadienne française; Robin Cantin, Director of
Communications, Fédération des communautés Francophones et Acadienne du Canada;
Louis Paquin, Productions Rivard, Winnipeg; Robert Charbonneau, Productions R.
Charbonneau, Ottawa; Mark Chatel, Balestra productions. From the Canadian Television Fund: Sandra MacDonald, President and
Chief Executive Officer; Louise Baillargeon, Senior Vice-President. From the
Department of Canadian Heritage: Michael Wernick, Associate Deputy
Minister; Susan Peterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cutural Affairs; René
Bouchard, Director General, Broadcasting Policy and Innovation; Robert Soucy,
Director, Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office.
Pursuant to Standing Order
108(3)d), the Committee commenced a study of the Canadian Television
Fund and the production in official language minority communities.
Cecile Chevrier,
Pierre-Raphaël Pelletier, Robin Cantin, Louis Paquin, Robert Charbonneau and
Mark Chatel made a statement and answered questions.
Sandra MacDonald made a
statement and, with the other witness, answered questions.
At 10:30 a.m., the sitting
was suspended.
At 10:43 a.m., the sitting
resumed.
At 12:10 p.m., the
Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the Committee