Thank you very much, Mr. Choquette.
Thank you all for your introductions.
We had set aside the morning to set up our schedule for the coming weeks, to know where we are going and what the key files are. You have in front of you a calendar for September, November and December. We will try to plan out our work as much as possible.
I have some important information to share first. There is a chance that the minister could appear before the committee in October with regard to the 2014-15 official languages annual report. The minister will also be meeting the Senate at that time. We don't have a date yet, but she might pay us a visit in October.
That is what I had to say. I will not interfere with your choice of priorities.
Today, we will begin planning our work. Mr. Choquette had asked me when there would be any public meetings or in camera meetings. As a rule, we always prefer public meetings, except when we decide together to go in camera. We decided to do that once last year, while discussing the committee's budgets. Our meetings are usually public. These are the rules of the game, unless you decide to change them as our work progresses.
In the past, we have discussed files that have greater priority than others. We have had a number of discussions about which files should take priority over others. I will now open up the discussion as to the order of business. Which business do you think should come first? Let us take this meeting to agree on the committee's future business and to decide what should have priority or not, and we will proceed from there.
Mr. Choquette, you have the floor.