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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 48
Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 11:04 a.m. to 12:58 p.m.
Presiding
François Choquette, Vice-Chair (NDP)

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• Robert Sopuck for John Nater (Conservative)
• Sean Casey (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Lucie Lecomte, Analyst
Issues Related to the Enumeration of Rights-Holders Under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Office of the French Language Services Commissioner
• François Boileau, Commissioner of Ontario
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada (FCFA)
• Diane Côté, Acting Director General
• Sylviane Lanthier, President
As an individual
• Mark C. Power, Partner and Sessional Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
• Marc-André Roy, Lawyer
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of the issues related to the enumeration of rights-holders under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

François Boileau, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, Sylviane Lanthier, Mark C. Power and Marc-André Roy made statements and, with Diane Côté, answered questions.

At 11:56 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:02 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 12:58 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Christine Holke
Clerk of the Committee