Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorised by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104, that the expenses incurred by the Committee during the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follow:
With respect to its special study on the operation of the Official Languages Act:
| Professional and other services | $ 16,606.00 |
| Transportation and Communications | $ 40,111.00 |
| Other expenditures | $ 1,544.00 |
| Witness expenses | $ 7,227.00 |
| Total | $ 65,488.00 |
With respect to its special study on the francophone Culture in Canada:
| Professional and other services | $ 327.00 |
| Transportation and Communications | $ 0.00 |
| Other expenditures | $ 0.00 |
| Witness expenses | $ 2,403.00 |
| Total | $ 2,730.00 |
During the session in question, the Committee received 3 orders of reference, held 32 meetings, and received evidence from 116 witnesses. In total, the Committee produced 9 reports.
Respectfully submitted.
MARIA CHAPUT
Chair