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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 23
Monday, November 19, 2001
The Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages met in camera at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Co-Chair, Mauril Bélanger, presiding.
Members of the Committee present:
From the Senate: The Hon. Gérald A. Beaudoin, The Hon. Joan Fraser, The Hon. Jean-Robert Gauthier, The Hon. Viola Léger, The Hon. Jean-Claude Rivest.
From the House of Commons: Eugène Bellemare, Gérard Binet, Yvon Godin, Scott Reid, Benoît Sauvageau, Yolande Thibeault.
In attendance: From the Senate: Tonu Onu, Co-Clerk of the Committee. From the House of Commons: Jean-Philippe Méla, Acting Co-Clerk of the Committee. From the Library of Parliament: Françoise Coulombe, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages: Jean-Claude LeBlanc, Director, Government Policy Analysis and Liaison Branch; Jean-François Venne, Senior Officer, Liaison and Part VII; Johane Tremblay, General Counsel and Director of Legal Services; Claude Lussier, Senior Parliamentary Relations Officer.
In accordance with Standing Order 108(4b), a briefing session on Article 41 of the Official Languages Act.
It is proposed, -That "Following repeated refusals by the President of the Air Canada Corporation to appear before the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages, the said Committee formally orders Mr. Robert A. Milton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Air Canada Corporation, to appear on Monday, December 3rd, 2001, at 3:30p.m., Room 253-D, in the Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament Building, in Ottawa. "
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.
M. Leblanc made a presentation and answered questions.
At 5:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Tonu Onu
Co-Clerk of the Committee
Philippe Méla
Acting Co-Clerk of the Committee