ARCHIVED - Speeches (2002)

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Ottawa, December 9, 2002

• Acting with Diligence
  Speaking notes for an address to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages

Ottawa, December 3, 2002

• Speaking notes for an address to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Ottawa, December 2, 2002

• Acting with Diligence
  Speaking notes for an address to the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages

Ottawa, November 20, 2002

• Speaking notes for an address to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Mont-Tremblant, November 9, 2002

• Francophone CEGEPs and Colleges: Agents of Change
  Speaking notes for the Réseau des cégeps et collèges francophones du Canada

Charlottetown, November 7, 2002

• A New Challenge for Second Language Education in Canada
  Speaking notes for a keynote address to the Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers and the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers Joint Conference "A Meeting Place for Languages: Celebrating Our Ties"

Moncton, November 6, 2002

• Language of Work in the Workaday World
  Speech to the Symposium on Language of Work

Toronto, October 10, 2002

• Linguistic Equality in Canada: The Role of Governments in the Next Decade
  Notes for a presentation to the Charter Conference: Law and Practice 2002 of the Ontario Bar Association

Edmonton, September 28, 2002

• Canada's Diversity: In Both Official Languages
  Notes for a presentation at Diversity 2002 - Canada: Global Model for a Multicultural State

Toronto, June 21, 2002

• Canada's Linguistic Duality: Future Prospects
  Notes for a speech given to the Congress of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario

Ottawa, June 4, 2002

• Notes for an address to the Sub-Committee on the Study of Sport in Canada of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage as part of its consideration of Bill C-54

Ottawa, May 28, 2002

• Notes for an address to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

Ottawa, May 1, 2002

• Presentation to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill S-41

Montréal, April 26, 2002

• Localization: A Major Issue In Enhancing the Presence of Both Official Languages on the Internet
  Presentation on the occasion of the International Symposium on Localization, McGill University

Ottawa, April 23, 2002

• Notes for a presentation to the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages

Ottawa, April 22, 2002

• Immigration and the Vitality of Canada's Official Language Communities: Policy, Demography and Identity
  Presentation to the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages

Ottawa, April 18, 2002

• The Charter - Linguistic Equality: A Work in Progress
  Notes for a presentation to be made at a conference to be held on the occasion of the 20^th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Ottawa, April 9, 2002

• The Canadian Broadcasting System: Achieving the Objectives of the Broadcasting Act in a Changing World
  Notes for a presentation before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Ottawa, March 27, 2002

• Presentation to the Special Committee on the Review of the Official Languages Act of the Northwest Territories

Edmonton, March 16, 2002

• Fostering a Sense of Belonging: Building an Equitable and Complete Educational System
  Speech delivered to the Annual General Meeting of the Fédération des parents francophones de l'Alberta

Ottawa, March 14, 2002

• Putting Words Into Action: The New Challenges of Language Governance in Canada
  Speech delivered to the Symposium on Language Governance: A Canadian Perspective, organized by the Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture

February 26, 2002

• Immigration and the Vitality of Canada's Official Language Communities: Policy, Demography and Identity

Ottawa, February 21, 2002
(revised version, March 5, 2002)

• Bill S-32
  Presentation before the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Moncton, February 15, 2002

• Official Languages of Canada: Our Past and Our Future
  Speech delivered to the Colloque sur l'application des droits linguistiques au Canada at the Faculté de droit of the Université de Moncton

Regina, February 2, 2002

• The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Access to Justice in Both Official Languages
  Speech given at the banquet held as part of the Annual Meeting of the Association des juristes d'expression française de la Saskatchewan