Official Languages committee  Good morning. My name is Jean-Rodrigue Paré and I am an analyst from the Library of Parliament. I'm responsible for matters of official languages, social services and foreign policy. I have been officially assigned to the official languages committee for this year.

Official Languages committee  I have a list of topics that were suspended at the end of the last Parliament. I also have a list of topics that have been added since then. The trouble is, even if I finished drafting this document today, it would be impossible for me to have it distributed on time for Thursday

Official Languages committee  If you want us to do it that way, I have no objection.

Official Languages committee  I didn't find any. I searched for an hour. I clicked on all sorts of postings.

Official Languages committee  No, it's not the same. The difference is that this motion calls for a certain percentage of media placements in community media. The motion that came before the Committee last year talked about 5.4 per cent of the overall advertising budget being reserved for minority francophone

Official Languages committee  I may point out that the statistics referred to by Mr. Murphy withdrawn from a 2002 study published by the Fédération canadienne des communautés francophones et acadienne entitled French-Language Health care — Improving Access to French-Language Health Services. This study is wel

Official Languages committee  Based on my understanding of the situation — it might perhaps be a good idea to have that checked by a legal expert or by the Speaker of the House's Office — the spirit of this distinction regarding the mandate stems from the fact that the Standing Committee on Official Languages

Official Languages committee  It would be preferable to have it fall under Standing Order 108(3)(f).

Official Languages committee  It could perhaps make things easier.

Official Languages committee  I believe there is a slight misunderstanding. Let's be clear about something. The starting point, the main reason for this trip revolves around the action plan. The action plan deals first with education, then, with health. It also includes immigration. So there are different asp

Official Languages committee  You mean a work plan. I can draft something, but it may not be accurate because once a week, and sometimes more often, we have to update the issues and priorities. There already seems to be a misunderstanding. I thought that members would take this opportunity to look at the ac

Official Languages committee  Very well. I will prepare a plan. I have no problem with that, since I have a plan already. I am well prepared because I suspect that you will want to draft a report. So I have a plan that I would be happy to provide you with, if you so wish.

Official Languages committee  It is a straightforward routine motion to facilitate discussion at the end of the meeting. At the start of the meeting, we were to study immigration—

Official Languages committee  At the beginning of the meeting, we undertook three studies on immigration, health and the vitality of communities, respectively. As for the report, to avoid any problems of legitimacy related to the three separate studies, it is important for the committee to be able to include

Official Languages committee  The Chair can move the motion, that is usually the rule.