Evidence of meeting #119 for Official Languages in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was brunswick.
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10:40 a.m.
Saint-Laurent, Lib.
I see.
Ms. Lapierre, do you want to add a brief comment?
10:40 a.m.
Outgoing Chair, Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
We talked about the census before you arrived, and I wanted to underscore the importance of enumerating all rights-holders, both francophones outside Quebec and anglophones in Quebec. For the moment, the census enumerates no anglophones. The Commissioner of Official Languages must be given more powers.
I'm going to pass on one of our suggestions, and that's that this must be taken over by the Treasury Board because, when complaints are filed, there are no real consequences, given the situation. As all parents know, there must be logical consequences.
10:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Alupa Clarke
That brings to an end our 119th meeting of the 42nd Parliament, since 2015.
Thank you very much for travelling to Ottawa from more or less distant provinces.
Thank you for your contributions to our work, through the reports you have filed and the emails, and handwritten letters, of course, that you have sent us.
Thanks as well for taking part in the initial stages of our study on the modernization of the act. I encourage everyone to follow the progress of our work.
On November 20, when we return from the parliamentary break, during which we will be working in our respective constituencies, we will hear from the representatives of Juristes Power. On November 22, we will have those from the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada, the FCFA, a group well known in official languages circles in Canada. Senator René Cormier will be reporting to us on progress being made on the work by our counterparts in the Senate, or, I should say, the other chamber.
Thank you, everyone.
The meeting is adjourned.