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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 32
 
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
 

The Standing Committee on Official Languages met at 8:50 a.m. this day, in Room C-160, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, Steven Blaney, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Mauril Bélanger, Steven Blaney, Royal Galipeau, Bernard Généreux, Yvon Godin, Monique Guay, Guy Lauzon, Richard Nadeau, Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Greg Rickford and Lise Zarac.

 

Acting Members present: Jean-Claude D'Amours for Brian Murphy.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Lucie Lecomte, Analyst; Nicolas Auclair, Analyst. House of Commons: Miriam Burke, Procedural Clerk.

 

Witnesses: Public Service Commission of Canada: Maria Barrados, President; Donald Lemaire, Senior Vice-President and Champion of Official Languages.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), the Committee resumed consideration of the 2009-2010 Annual Report (Volume II) of the Commissioner of Official Languages referred to the Committee on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
 

Maria Barrados made a statement and, with Donald Lemaire, answered questions.

 

At 9:55 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:02 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

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

It was agreed, — That the Fifth Report of the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, as amended, be adopted.

 

The Report read as follows:

Your Subcommittee met on Thursday, November 18, 2010, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the Committee undertake a study of the Annual Report 2009–2010, Volume II, produced by the Commissioner of Official Languages (CLO), and invite the deputy ministers and deputy heads of the following federal institutions to appear:

- Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade;

- Canadian International Development Agency;

- Canada Border Services Agency;

- Library and Archives Canada;

- Department Citizenship and Immigration;

- Public Service Commission of Canada;

- Canada School of Public Service;

- Department of Industry;

- Passport Canada;

- Department of Fisheries and Oceans;

- Department of Natural Resources;

- Department of Health;

- Public Safety Canada;

- Correctional Service of Canada;

- Department of Transport;

- Department of Public Works and Government Services; and

That when possible these meetings be televised.

2. That the Committee study, on December 2, 2010, the use of Google Translator by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and invite representatives from the organization to appear, particularly Inspector Tim Shields and the RCMP’s official languages champion.

3. That the Committee study, on December 9, 2010, the National Defence Official Languages Program Transformation Model and invite witnesses to appear.

4. That the Committee study, on December 16, 2010, the provision of bilingual services by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, and invite Board members and the Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism, to appear.

5. That, notwithstanding the Committee's routine motion deemed to have been adopted on March 3, 2010, seven (7) minutes be allotted to the first representative from each party during the first round of questioning.

 

At 10:47 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Simon Larouche
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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