Welcome to the 79th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages on this Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Pursuant to Standing Order 108, we are studying second official language immersion programs in Canada.
We have the following witnesses with us today: Mr. Leclair, from the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, whom I welcome, and Ms. Kenny and Mr. Quinty, from the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada.
We'll begin with an opening statement from Monsieur Leclair.