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Posted on 08 September 2010

Ottawa, September 8, 2010 -- The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages will be in Quebec from September 13 to 17, 2010, as part of its study on the realities of English-speaking communities in Quebec, particularly the various aspects affecting their development and vitality (e.g., community development, education, youth, arts and culture, health).

The committee invites the media and all those interested to attend the following public hearings:

Quebec City -
Monday, September 13, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Morrin Centre, 44 chaussée des Écossais

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Morrin Centre, 44 chaussée des Écossais

 

Sherbrooke -
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
2:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Bishop’s University, McGreer Building, Room McGreer 100

Thursday, September 16, 2010
9:00 am to 12:30 p.m.
Bishop’s University, McGreer Building, Cleghorn Room

 

Montreal -
Friday, September 17, 2010
9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Delta Montreal, Concerto Salon

 

Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages include the Honourable Senators Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu (La Salle – Quebec), Andrée Champagne, P.C. (Grandville – Quebec), Deputy Chair, Maria Chaput (Manitoba), Chair, Pierre De Bané, P.C. (De la Vallière – Quebec), Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis (Rougemont – Quebec), Joan Fraser (De Lorimier – Quebec), Michel Rivard (Les Laurentides – Quebec), Judith Seidman (De la Durantaye – Quebec), and Claudette Tardif (Alberta).

For more information on the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages, visit the committee’s web site: http://senate-senat.ca/ol-lo-e.asp

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For information please contact: 

Francine Pressault
Media Relations
613-944-4075 or 1-800-267-7362 or 613-299-5359
pressf@sen.parl.gc.ca

Danielle Labonté
Committee Clerk
613-949-4379 or 1-800-267-7362
labond@sen.parl.gc.ca


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