Official Languages Committee on Oct. 20th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #28 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 yukon.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Roadmap and Immigration in Francophone Minority Communities

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Christine Holke

Lucie Lecomte Committee Researcher

François Boileau Commissioner, Office of the French Language Services Commissioner

Isabelle Salesse Executive Director, Association franco-yukonnaise

Frédéric Nolet Director, Economic Development, Association franco-yukonnaise

8:55 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

Indeed.

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Liberal

Paul Lefebvre Liberal Sudbury, ON

What do the clerk and analysts suggest?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

Pardon me?

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Liberal

Paul Lefebvre Liberal Sudbury, ON

What do the clerk and analysts suggest?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

I'll let the clerk speak.

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The Clerk

Do the committee members wish to submit their report at the end of November or at the beginning of December?

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Some hon. members

At the beginning of December.

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The Clerk

Very well.

The House is not sitting the week of November 7. That will probably give the analysts some time to draft the report. It will then have to be sent for translation, and that can take more time.

Do you expect it to be a lengthy report? Do you have any idea, or are you leaving it to the discretion of the analysts?

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Conservative

Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île dOrléans—Charlevoix, QC

I don't think a 400-page report would make for pleasant reading.

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Liberal

Paul Lefebvre Liberal Sudbury, ON

We can leave that up to the analysts. We've heard from a number of witnesses, and the report should reflect that input.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

Would you like a report outline?

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Conservative

Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île dOrléans—Charlevoix, QC

Yes, it might be a good idea to have one.

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Lucie Lecomte Committee Researcher

Yes, beforehand, so we can discuss it.

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Conservative

Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île dOrléans—Charlevoix, QC

It would help us figure out where we want to go.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

When can we have the outline?

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Committee Researcher

Lucie Lecomte

Perhaps December 3?

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The Clerk

December 3.

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Conservative

Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île dOrléans—Charlevoix, QC

No, November 3.

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The Clerk

Okay, November 3. Is that too soon?

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Committee Researcher

Lucie Lecomte

No, I'll get right on it.

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The Clerk

The analysts need at least some idea as to what direction they should take.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Denis Paradis

Indeed. We need to be clear about the direction we want to go in.

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The Clerk

And having it by the break week.

October 20th, 2016 / 9 a.m.

Committee Researcher

Lucie Lecomte

I need to mention two other things.

First, I didn't receive any briefs, so I wouldn't be able to include them. Second, I would need to know when the committee will stop hearing from witnesses.

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The Clerk

The committee will have to decide when it will stop hearing from witnesses. Of course I kept some dates open so that the committee could meet with the Quebec government minister.