Welcome to the 57th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today is Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3), today we are studying the issue of linguistic duality during the 150th anniversary celebrations of Canadian Confederation in 2017.
Our witnesses today are Ms. Bourget, who is the assistant deputy minister, and Mr. Racine, who is the executive director, and they are both from Canadian Heritage.
We will start with Ms. Bourget.