Welcome to the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Today is Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108, today, we are going to begin by studying Citizenship and Immigration Canada's commitment to part VII of the Official Languages Act. We will then study the Government of Canada programs designed to promote francophone immigration into Canada's official language minority communities.
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the Honourable Chris Alexander, is here with us today, accompanied by three officials from his department: Ms. Welbourne, Ms. Beck and Mr. Saint-Germain.
I will now turn the time over to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the Honourable Chris Alexander.