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Statement made on 27 September 2011 by Senator Rose-Marie Losier-Cool

Hon. Rose-Marie Losier-Cool:

Honourable senators, I have a supplementary question to the one posed by my colleague, Senator Callbeck, about Service Canada.

The leader replied that she would get back to her regarding the criteria related to Service Canada's mandate. I would like to make sure that these criteria will include the services that respect both official languages for minorities.

Some people in the Atlantic region already have concerns about services in French for francophone minorities.

Could the leader assure us that the rights of francophone minorities will not be affected with respect to these services, especially in the Atlantic region?

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