Evidence of meeting #62 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 history.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Guy Laflamme  Senior Vice-President, Capital Experience and Official Residences, National Capital Commission
Chantal Schryer  Vice-President, Public Affairs and Publishing, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
René Légère  President, Société nationale de l'Acadie
Amély Friolet-O'Neil  Vice-President, Société nationale de l'Acadie
Justin Morrow  Founder and Executive Director, Canadian Youth for French
Elizabeth Goger  Vice-President, Human Resources, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Éric Mathieu Doucet  Executive Director, Société nationale de l'Acadie
Diane Dupuis  Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Communications and Marketing, National Capital Commission

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Conservative

Guy Lauzon Conservative Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON

Would they be available in a month, towards the end of our study?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Our study finishes on December 4. They're available at the end of January, early February, if it's the wish of the committee to extend the study.

Is it the wish of the committee to extend the study?

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NDP

Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Maybe not extend it, but maybe when we come back, they could come for our first meeting and it would be part of our study we do at the committee.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Is it the wish of the committee to have

CBC/Radio-Canada before us at the end of January, so at the first meeting? Is that what the committee would like? Yes.

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Okay. I will invite them to come at the end of January for our first meeting back.

Third, briefly, we need another meeting for our study. Our study finishes on December 4, but we need to hear from Parks Canada and the Canadian Tourism Commission. Otherwise, I won't have enough time for those two witnesses.

Would the committee like to have another meeting on December 6 to hear from those two witnesses? Okay.

Four, the minister will be able to discuss the annual report of the Commissioner of Official Languages. He's available on Wednesday, December 12 in the afternoon. It would be after question period. Is that okay?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Okay, I'll invite him for that date.

Without further ado, this meeting is adjourned.