Skip to main content

LANG Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 34
Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 11:01 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
René Arseneault, Chair (Liberal)

Expand AllCollapse All
• Jacques Gourde for Brad Vis (Conservative)
• Richard Lehoux for Marc Dalton (Conservative)
House of Commons
• Alexie Labelle, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Lucie Lecomte, Analyst
• Emilie Lusson, Research Assistant
Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
As an individual
• François Larocque, Canadian Francophonie Research Chair in Language Rights, Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law, University of Ottawa
• Roger J. F. Lepage, Lawyer
Droits collectifs Québec
• Étienne-Alexis Boucher, President
French for the Future
• Ania Kolodziej, President
• Emeline Leurent, Executive Director
Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, May 30, 2022, the committee resumed consideration of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts.

Roger Lepage and Étienne-Alexis Boucher made statements and answered questions.

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

At 11:58 a.m., the sitting resumed.

François Larocque and Ania Kolodziej made statements and answered questions.

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

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of language regimes in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, the proposed preliminary submission for the committee’s travel to United Kingdom and Ireland during spring 2023 be adopted.

At 12:55 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Michelle Legault
Clerk of the committee