Official Languages Committee on June 1st, 2021

Evidence of meeting #36 for Official Languages in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was laurentian.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Federal Support for French-language or Bilingual Post-secondary Institutions in a Minority Situation

Members speaking

Emmanuel Dubourg
Steven Blaney
Paul Lefebvre
Mario Beaulieu
Alexandre Boulerice
Marie-France Lalonde
Charlie Angus
Marc Dalton
Joël Godin
Marc Serré

Before the committee

Mélanie Joly  Minister of Official Languages
Julie Boyer  Assistant Deputy Minister, Official Languages, Heritage and Regions, Department of Canadian Heritage
Denis Racine  Director General, Official Languages Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage

5:30 p.m.

Director General, Official Languages Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage

Denis Racine

The minister and we, the officials, have indicated to the province that we hope to get proposals to address the situation at Campus Saint-Jean. I would remind you that the University of Alberta has suffered a reduction in the funds it receives from the province for its operating budget. We are very open to any proposals we can take part in to remedy the situation.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg

Thank you, Mr. Racine.

This is where the meeting ends.

This was the first of four sessions on post-secondary education. I want to advise committee members that the six witnesses who will be appearing on Thursday have already confirmed their attendance.

On behalf of all committee members, I would like to thank Ms. Julie Boyer, Assistant Deputy Minister of Official Languages, Heritage and Regions, and Mr. Denis Racine, Director General, Official Languages Branch, for their contribution to this study.

I would also like to thank the technicians, the clerk and the analysts who worked with us during this extraordinary session.

With that, the meeting is adjourned.