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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 19
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
The
Standing Committee on Official Languages met in camera at 9:22 a.m. this
day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, Mauril Bélanger, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Mark
Assad, Mauril Bélanger, John Bryden, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon Godin, John
Herron, Benoît Sauvageau, Raymond Simard and Yolande Thibeault.
Acting Member present: John Williams for Scott Reid.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the
Library of Parliament: Marion Ménard, analyst.
Pursuant to Standing Order
108(3)(d), the Committee commenced consideration of a draft report on
the concerns of the francophone community of Alberta and New-Brunswick about a
proposal of redrawing the constituencies of this province and on the concept of
"community of interest" from the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment
Act.
It was agreed, ─ That the
draft report, as amended, be adopted.
It was agreed, ─ That the
Committee append to its report dissenting opinions provided that they are no
more than one page in length and submitted electronically, in both official
languages, to the Clerk of the Committee no later than Wednesday, April 9, 2003
at noon.
It was agreed, ─ That the
Chair, Clerk and Analyst 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
Chair present the report to the House.
At 10:06 a.m., the
Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the Committee