Commissioner's Appearances Before Parliament
The Commissioner of Official Languages regularly appears before Parliament, especially before the House of Commons and Senate standing committees on official languages. In his appearances, he gives an update on the Office of the Commissioner’s activities or deals with specific issues related to official languages. Notes for the Commissioner’s appearances before Parliament to date are listed below.
Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages
October 22, 2009
Themes: Office of the Commissioner’s follow-up report on VANOC’s preparedness
May 28, 2009
Themes: Presentation of the Commissioner’s annual report 2008-2009
April 21, 2009
Themes: Broadcasting the 2010 Vancouver Games; Office of the Commissioner’s study on VANOC’s preparedness; Vancouver 2010 awareness campaign and federal services.
February 26, 2009
Themes: Part VII of the Official Languages Act; 2010 Olympic Games and services to the travelling public; Public service renewal; Canadian Forces.
June 5, 2008
Theme: Presentation of the Commissioner’s annual report 2007-2008
May 8, 2008
Themes: Judicial appointment process and shortage of bilingual judges
January 31, 2008
Themes: Evaluation of the results of the Action Plan for Official Languages and suggestions for the new phase of the Plan
November 27, 2007
Themes: Overview of first year as Commissioner and OCOL’s priorities for 2007-2008
June 7, 2007
Theme: Presentation of the Commissioner’s first annual report
March 1, 2007
Theme: National Defence Official Languages Program
November 23, 2006
Theme: Bill C-29 (An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act)
September 28, 2006
Theme: Appointment of Graham Fraser as Commissioner of Official Languages
Before the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages
September 28, 2009
Themes: Olympic and Paralympic 2010 Winter Games
June 1, 2009
Themes: Presentation of the Commissioner’s annual report 2008-2009
March 2, 2009
Themes: Part VII of the Official Languages Act; 2010 Olympic Games and services to the travelling public; Canadian television production, public service renewal.
June 9, 2008
Themes: Presentation of the Commissioner’s annual report 2007-2008
December 3, 2007
Themes: Overview of first year as Commissioner and OCOL’s priorities for 2007-2008
June 4, 2007
Theme: Presentation of the Commissioner’s first annual report
November 6, 2006
Themes: 2010 Olympic Games; relocation of headquarters to unilingual regions; RCMP services on the Trans-Canada Highway
Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women
May 1, 2008
Theme: Mandate of the Commissioner of Official Languages as an Officer of Parliament
Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
June 17, 2009
Theme: Bill C-232 (An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act)
May 3, 2007
Theme: Bill C-23 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code)
Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
March 20, 2007
Theme: The role of a public broadcaster in the 21st century
