Official Languages Committee on May 26th, 2015

Evidence of meeting #47 for Official Languages in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.)

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

The Department of Citizenship and Immigration's commitment to promoting Canada's linguistic duality and the development of official language minority communities

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Michael Chong

Lise St-Denis

Also speaking

3:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Welcome to the 47th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today is Tuesday, May 26, 2015.

We are here to discuss committee business and two motions of Mr. Nicholls, but he isn't here. I have the committee's consent to move on to the second item of our agenda, which is to consider the draft report.

We have the consent of committee members to move into the second rubric of the orders of the day, which is to consider the draft report.

We'll suspend for a minute to allow the technicians to bring us in camera.

Before we do, however,

Ms. St-Denis, do you have a question?

3:35 p.m.

Liberal

Lise St-Denis Liberal Saint-Maurice—Champlain, QC

Yes. Is Mr. Nicholls simply absent or has he resigned? I heard—

3:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

He is absent because of family health issues.

3:35 p.m.

Liberal

Lise St-Denis Liberal Saint-Maurice—Champlain, QC

Okay, I didn't know.

3:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Because nobody is willing to move the motion, and there's been discussion among all members of all parties, we'll just move to the second item of business for today.

We'll suspend for a minute to allow the technicians to go in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]