LANG Committee Report

(Meeting No. 27)

The Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages met in camera at 3:31 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 and The hon. Pierre Claude Nolin.

From the House of Commons: Mauril Bélanger, Eugène Bellemare, Gérard Binet, Sarmite Bulte, Yvon Godin, Benoît Sauvageau and Yolande Thibeault.

In attendance: From the Senate: Tonu Onu, Co-Clerk of the Committee. From the House of Commons: Jean-François Pagé, Co-Clerk of the Committee. From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Françoise Coulombe, Research Officer.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(4)b, consideration of the draft report on bilingual services offered by Air Canada.

It was agreed, — That the report entitled "Air Canada: Good intentions are not enough!" be adopted in its modified form as the seventh report of the Standing Joint Committee and that the Co-Chairs table the report in the Senate and in the House of Commons.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)a), the Committee authorize the printing of the dissenting or supplementary opinions by Committee members as an appendix to this report immediately after the signature of the Co-Chairs, that the dissenting or supplementary opinions be sent to the Co-Clerk of the House of Commons, in both official languages, on/or before Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.

It was agreed, — That pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Standing Joint Committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the Report within one hundred and fifty (150) days following the tabling of the Report.

It was agreed, — That the Committee print 1200 copies of its Seventh report in tumble bilingual format with a special cover.

It was agreed, — That the Research Officer and the Co-Clerks be authorized to make editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the Report.

It was agreed, — That the Joint Committee, through the Co-Clerks, send a copy of the Report to the members of the Board of Directors and the executive of Air Canada.

At 5:57 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Tonu Onu
Co-Clerk of the Committee