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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 18, 2024
The Chair (Mr. René Arseneault (Madawaska—Restigouche, Lib.))
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I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 95 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3) in the motion adopted by the committee on September 20, 2023, the committee is resuming its study on federal funding for minority language post-secondary education. I'm going to skip over the instructions for Zoom, since everyone now knows how the platform works, since the pandemic. All I ask is that those participating in the meeting virtually mute their microphones until they have the floor. I'd like to welcome the witnesses. First, we have two representatives from the Commission nationale des parents francophones: Ms. Gillian Anderson, who is the president of the organization, therefore the Mother Superior, as well as Mr. Jean‑Luc Racine, the executive director. By videoconference, we have this young man, Mr. Simon Thériault, who is the president of the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française. I will explain the meeting's process to you. I think this is the first visit for all three of you to the Standing Committee on Official Languages. You are lucky; it's the committee of the hour on Parliament Hill. We will proceed to a first round of questions, during which each political party will have six minutes to ask questions and listen to your answers. Before starting rounds of questions, we will give you the floor for five minutes at most. I am very annoying and strict on time. However, the more we keep to the time, the more rounds of questions we can have. We will start with you, Ms. Anderson. The floor is yours for a maximum of five minutes.
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