Official Languages Committee on March 12th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #9 for Official Languages in the 40th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was programs.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Federal Government's Support for Post-secondary Institutions and their Efforts in Promoting Bilingualism in Canada
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Steven Blaney
Jean-Claude D'Amours
Richard Nadeau
Shelly Glover
Yvon Godin
Michael Chong
Lise Zarac
Roger Gaudet
Sylvie Boucher

Also speaking

Laurier Thibault  Director General, Réseau des cégeps et collèges francophones du Canada
Yves Chouinard  Administrator, Director General of the Collège communautraire du Nouveau-Brunswick, Réseau des cégeps et collèges francophones du Canada
Penni Stewart  President, Canadian Association of University Teachers
Greg Allain  Past President, Canadian Association of University Teachers
Mark Hopkins  Director General, Learning Policy and Planning Directorate, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
John Erskine  President, Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
Nicole Thibault  Executive Director, Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
Sylvain Segard  Director General, Program Policy and Planning Directorate, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

11 a.m.

NDP

Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

The letter can be written very quickly and sent to Air Canada. A week would be enough time.

11 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

If the committee members are in agreement, we can vote on the amended motion, which states a one-week time period, that is until the next meeting.

(The motion as amended agreed to)

Do you want me to submit the draft of the letter to you? All right, you trust us.

That's the shortest time the Official Languages Committee has ever taken to agree to a motion. It's unheard of.

The meeting is adjourned.