Welcome to the 25th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today is Thursday, May 15, 2014. Pursuant to Standing Order 108, we are here to carry out a study on the economic situation of Canada's minority linguistic communities.
Today we will hear from Serge Kaptegaine of the Canadian Centre for Refugee Employment.
Also, we have Mr. MacGibbon and Mr. Rodgers from the English Language Arts Network Quebec.
We have Madam Hunting and Mr. Cutting from the Townshippers' Association.
We'll begin with an opening statement from Monsieur Kaptegaine.