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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 48
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
The Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages met in a televised session at 9:38 a.m. this day, in Room 160-S, Centre Block, the Co-Chair, Mauril Bélanger, presiding.
Members of the Committee present:
From the Senate : The Honourable Senators Gérald A. Beaudoin and Jean-Robert Gauthier.
From the House of Commons : Mauril Bélanger, Eugène Bellemare, Yvon Godin, Bernard Patry, Benoît Sauvageau, Yolande Thibeault.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Marion Ménard, Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Diana Monnet, Assistant Secretary, Official Languages Branch; Carole Bidal,
Counsel, Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services; Joseph Ricciardi, Senior
Official Languages Advisor, Official Languages Branch; Jacqueline Loranger,
Official Languages Advisor, Official Languages Branch. From the Department
of Transport: Ghislain Blanchard, Director, Policy Integration and
Corporate Issues; Michel Gaudreau, Director, Commercial and Business Aviation;
Jacques E. Pigeon, Senior General Counsel and Head, Department of Justice,
Legal Services. From the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:
Jean-Claude Leblanc, Director, Policy Analysis and Liaison.
In accordance with Standing Order 108(4)b), the Committee held a briefing session on Air Canada and the implementation of the Official Languages Act.
Diana Monnett made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.
At 11:44 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:00 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.
It was agreed, – That the Committee issue a media release about the O'Keefe decision concerning the broadcasting of the House of Commons' debates in both official languages by CPAC.
By unanimous consent, Jean-Claude Leblanc made a statement and answered questions.
At 1:25 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Tonu Onu
Mike MacPherson
Co-Clerks of the Committee