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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 23

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 9:04 a.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Steven Blaney, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Mauril Bélanger, Steven Blaney, Bernard Généreux, Shelly Glover, Yvon Godin, Monique Guay, Richard Nadeau, Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, John Weston and Lise Zarac.

Acting Members present: Gérard Asselin for Richard Nadeau, Hon. Judy Sgro for Jean-Claude D'Amours and Mike Wallace for Sylvie Boucher.

Associate Members present: Pierre Lemieux.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Lucie Lecomte, Analyst ; Nicolas Auclair, Analyst.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

Shelly Glover moved, — That the actual Committee’s routine motion regarding the questioning of the witnesses be rescinded and that the Committee, based on the principle that each committee member should have a full opportunity to question the witnesses, replace it with the following:

That witnesses shall be allowed up to ten (10) minutes to make their opening statement;

And that during the questioning of witnesses, at the Chair’s discretion, for the first round, seven (7) minutes be allocated to the first questioner of each party in the following order: Liberal Party, Bloc Québécois, New Democratic Party, Conservative Party;

And thereafter, five (5) minutes shall be allocated to each questioner, alternating between the Opposition members and Government members, in the following order: Liberal Party, Conservative Party, Bloc Québécois, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, and Conservative Party.

If time permits, further rounds shall be at the discretion of the Chair.

Debate arose thereon.

Mauril Bélanger moved, — That the Committee move to consideration of the draft report on the immigration as a development tool in official language minority communities.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division: YEAS: Gérard Asselin, Mauril Bélanger, Yvon Godin, Monique Guay, Judy Sgro, Lise Zarac — 6; NAYS: Bernard Généreux, Shelly Glover, Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Mike Wallace, John Weston — 5.

At 9:58 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:05 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Committee resumed consideration of the study of immigration as a development tool in official language minority communities.

The Committee commenced consideration of a draft report.

At 10:59 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Isabelle Dumas
Clerk of the Committee

2010/06/17 10:44 a.m.