LANG Committee Report
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Wednesday, April 30, 2003 (Meeting No. 22)
The Standing Committee on Official Languages met in camera at 3:44 p.m. this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, Mauril Bélanger, presiding. Members of the Committee present: Mark Assad, Mauril Bélanger, Eugène Bellemare, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon Godin, Benoît Sauvageau, Raymond Simard and Acting Member present: André Harvey for Carole-Marie Allard. In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Marion Ménard, analyst. The Committee resumed the consideration of a draft report entitled “Immigration and Official Language Minority Communities”. It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted as the Seventh Report of the Committee. It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: Immigration as a tool for the development of official language minority communities. It was agreed, — That the Committee append to its report, supplementary or dissenting opinions from the opposition parties provided that they are no more that three pages in length and submitted electronically in both official languages to the Clerk of the Committee, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 2, 2003. It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and researchers 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 Committee print 550 copies of this report in tumble bilingual format with a standard cover. It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House. It was agreed, — That the work of the Committee be communicated to the public by a press release. At 4:25 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair. Marc-Olivier Girard |