Evidence of meeting #4 for Official Languages in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Let's just meet here, because everything's here and—

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

What was his question?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

He asked if we could use another room for the subcommittee meeting.

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Mr. Chair, I am going to ask the clerk to research that. I would like to ask Mr. Galipeau what he means when he says that we are all bilingual. What does that have to do with anything?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

I didn't hear that, so—

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

I did hear it, though.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

I didn't hear it. I had the floor. I was talking—

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

I did hear it.

Are you saying that we should have a meeting without translation?

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

No, no, he never said that.

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

I didn't say that he said that. I want him to qualify why he said that we're all bilingual.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

I will give the floor to Monsieur Galipeau to clarify what he said.

Monsieur Galipeau.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Royal Galipeau Conservative Ottawa—Orléans, ON

We make up the Standing Committee on Official Languages and, in its wisdom, our committee has appointed to the subcommittee five people who all can speak both official languages. That's all I said.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Okay. Thank you.

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Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Does that change anything?

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Royal Galipeau Conservative Ottawa—Orléans, ON

Nothing at all.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Okay. Thank you.

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Royal Galipeau Conservative Ottawa—Orléans, ON

The change is that the committee is much smarter than we thought.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Okay. I will call the meeting--

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10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Excuse me. I have the floor. Please let me say one thing before we adjourn. We've had only one suggestion to date, from Monsieur Godin, on a possible course of study, which was the tabling of documents in the House. I'd ask the four members of the subcommittee to come prepared with things to discuss about what we could do for the rest of the autumn--

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Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON

Mr. Chair…

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Go ahead, Mr. Bélanger.

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Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON

Mr. Chair, with all due respect, I think that you are slightly mistaken. I would like to ask our research analyst to distribute a list of our unfinished business. The list is quite exhaustive, after all.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

That has already been done.

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Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON

Yes, exactly. So that is where I think the subcommittee should start its work, Mr. Chair.

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