Official Languages Committee on May 9th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #60 for Official Languages in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was desruisseaux.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Increased Francophone Immigration to Canada
Committee Business

MPs speaking

René Arseneault
Arielle Kayabaga
Joël Godin
Francis Drouin
Niki Ashton
Mario Beaulieu
Bernard Généreux

Also speaking

Olivier Jacques  Area Director, Latin America, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Alain Desruisseaux  Director General, Francophone Immigration Policy and Official Languages Division, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Julie Boyer  Assistant Deputy Minister, Official Languages, Heritage and Regions, Department of Canadian Heritage

5:05 p.m.

Bloc

Mario Beaulieu Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC

So we'll start from the beginning, is that right?

5:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal René Arseneault

Yes, that's right.

I'm going to suspend the meeting so we can go to the vote.

Witnesses, we'd like to thank you for being with us today. We'll see you on Friday.

The meeting is suspended.

[Proceedings continue in camera]