Evidence of meeting #11 for Official Languages in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was young.
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President, Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française
Obviously, having two official languages certainly expands the possibilities. That's why we need to promote it, encourage it and ensure that French is vibrant across the country.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yvan Baker
On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank the witnesses, Mr. Thériault, Ms. Vaillancourt and Ms. Tellier, for being with us.
Colleagues, I want to address two housekeeping items with you.
First, our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 25. It will be about the study on the quota of French-language music imposed on French-language media. The notice of meeting has already been published.
Second, I would like to come back to a subject that Mr. Godin raised during our last meeting. We discussed with the clerk the best way to ensure that all committee members are informed as quickly as possible when a witness confirms their attendance.
The clerk used to wait until all the witnesses had confirmed their attendance at a meeting before sending out the notice of meeting. From now on, she's going to publish the notice of meeting without waiting for all the witnesses to confirm their attendance. That way, you'll be informed more quickly about the confirmations. However, there will obviously be more emails to keep an eye on, because there will be changes to the notice as people confirm their presence.
Mr. Beaulieu, you have the floor.
Bloc
Mario Beaulieu Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC
On a point of order.
We agreed that the study on post-secondary education had been completed. We've heard from many stakeholders, including representatives from York University and several other universities.
Are we going to incorporate that into the study on post-secondary education? That would make sense to me.
Lucie Lecomte Committee Researcher
Post-secondary education is addressed in the report on the education continuum, so I'm going to integrate everything.
Bloc
Mario Beaulieu Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC
That's perfect.
Since it was proposed that a report be produced on post-secondary education, I was wondering about that. My understanding is that we'll review it together.
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Committee Researcher
That's right. I'm sure I'll have the opportunity to talk to you about my strategy. What I'm going to do is group and divide the text in order to create a continuum within the continuum.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yvan Baker
That's right.
I'll move to the last point. Now that the testimony on the education continuum study is over, the committee must prepare to study the report. Documents have been distributed over the past few weeks, including a summary of the testimony, an analysis of questionnaire responses and a table illustrating the sources of challenges along the continuum.
Those documents will be distributed to you again, and a drafting plan will also be distributed to you early next week. This is to help members prepare their drafting instructions for the analyst.
Mr. Deschênes‑Thériault, do you have a question?
Liberal
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Yes, Mr. Chair.
Since we have completed the study on the education continuum, the study on artificial intelligence will take place soon. What is the deadline for providing the names of the witnesses?
Is it the same?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yvan Baker
I consulted the clerk on your question, Mr. Deschênes‑Thériault.
The AI study had a minimum of five meetings. The only date available in the calendar to start this study is December 9. If the committee wants to start the study on that date, the deadline would be December 1.
Mr. Godin, you have the floor.
Conservative
Joël Godin Conservative Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
On that note, no meetings are scheduled in the calendar for the analysis and modification or validation of the report.
Honestly, based on my experience, I suggest that you postpone the study on AI until the session resumes in January.
A committee member already told me that the regulations would be tabled by the end of the fall.
Conservative
Conservative
Joël Godin Conservative Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Honestly, it's utopian to think that we can start the AI study on December 9. That's my opinion, Mr. Chair. I wanted to share that with colleagues.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yvan Baker
Thank you.
I'm mindful of the time. It's already close to one o'clock. I know people have to leave. Perhaps those scheduling details are worth discussing outside of this committee, among the parties.
I just want to mention something. First of all, our analyst says that she won't be ready on December 9 for what you have proposed, Mr. Godin. That has to be taken into consideration.
The other thing is what you raised. I haven't heard that news. What I would suggest as a next step is that we talk about it outside of the committee. We could come back to the issue of time allocation.
I've asked the clerk to distribute the calendar by email to all members so that you can better plan your schedule by knowing what's coming and to better manage the next meetings.
Mr. Godin, you have the floor.
Conservative
Joël Godin Conservative Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Mr. Chair, I don't like hallway discussions. We should set aside a period in the schedule for committee business so that we can plan for the next three months. That's just a suggestion. I don't know what my colleagues think.
Conservative
Joël Godin Conservative Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
This could be done in subcommittee, but I don't want any more behind-the-scenes drama. You talk to one person, you don't talk to another, you say things to each other.
In a formal committee, everything is written down, so I think that's the best way to operate in the interest of parliamentarians.
Liberal
Liberal
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
For the moment, it doesn't matter whether we discuss the schedule together in subcommittee or otherwise. We just had a date for the AI study, which was December 9.
I would suggest waiting for the updates to see if anything else is going to come to our attention. We could discuss it next week when we have more clarity on where we go from here.
Liberal
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
There's no rush to provide the names of the witnesses, though. I just wanted to raise the fact that we have to start thinking about our next study.
