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Speeches (2010)

Winnipeg, November 18, 2010

• Notes for an address at the conference “From Pierre-Esprit Radisson to Louis Riel : voyageurs et Métis”

Ottawa, November 4, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages – Presentation of volume II of the 2009–2010 annual report

Ottawa, November 2, 2010

• Statement to the media for the launch of volume II of the 2009–2010 annual report 

Ottawa, October 23, 2010

• Notes for the presentation of the Award of Excellence – Promotion of Linguistic Duality 2009-2010 at AFO's 100th Anniversary Gala

Ottawa, October 22, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Symposium sur les langues officielles de l'Ontario of the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario

Montreal, October 22, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the second annual ceremony for the Sheila and Victor
  Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award

Edmonton, October 15, 2010

• Notes for an address at the release of the vitality indicators study for the Francophone community in Calgary and for InterAction Day

Ottawa, October 4, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages about the English-speaking community of Quebec

Winnipeg, September 23, 2010

• Notes for an an address to the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers – Honorary Lifetime Member Award presentation

Toronto, September 22, 2010

• Notes for an address to the Société d’histoire de Toronto and the Alliance française de Toronto’s monthly conference – Linguistic duality in Canada and narratives on language: for a different reading of history

Kapuskasing, September 16, 2010

• Notes for an address at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Association française des municipalités de l’Ontario

Sudbury, August 30, 2010

• Notes for an address at the International Conference on Language and Territory – Linguistic Spaces in Canada: the Commissioner of Official Languages’ Perspective

Sudbury, August 29, 2010

• Notes for the opening address at the International Conference on Language and Territory

Hatley, July 1, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Canada Day Celebrations in Hatley

Gatineau, June 12, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Université d’été sur la francophonie des Amériques – Paradoxes of the Canadian Linguistic Situation

Ottawa, June 8, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages – Presentation of the 2009–2010 annual report

Ottawa, May 31, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages – Presentation of the 2009–2010 annual report

Ottawa, May 25, 2010

• Statement to the media for the launch of volume I of the 2009–2010 annual report

Moncton, May 4, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Symposium on the Contribution of the Honourable Michel Bastarache

Ottawa, April 20, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages

Vancouver, April 16, 2010

• Notes for an address to the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs at Simon Fraser University

Vancouver, April 15, 2010

• Notes for an address at the release of the vitality indicators study for the Francophone community in British Columbia

Vancouver, April 15, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Canadian Club of Vancouver – Baldwin-Lafontaine Award Presentation

Ottawa, March 30, 2010

• Notes for an appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages

Ottawa, March 25, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the International Symposium on Language Planning in Capitals and Urban Environments – Language Planning in Ottawa: A Capital Challenge

Ottawa, March 25, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the Rendez-vous francophone du maire d’Ottawa – The Business of Language in Canada’s Capital

Ottawa, March 24, 2010

• Notes for a speech to members of the Canadian Society of Association Executives

Montréal, March 18, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the Metropolis Pre-Conference on Francophone Immigration in Canada

Regina, February 19, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Association des juristes d’expression française de la Saskatchewan conference ‘‘The Caron Case: The Status of French in Western Canada” – The Role of Western Canada in the Evolution of Canada’s Linguistic Duality

Regina, February 18, 2010

• Notes for an address at the Round Table “40 years—Official Languages are Everyone’s Business,” organized by the Leaders’ Advisory Board on Official Languages of the Saskatchewan Federal Council

Regina, February 18, 2010

• Notes for an address at the release of the vitality indicators study for rural Francophone communities in Saskatchewan

Maillardville, February 13, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the opening ceremony of the Village de la Francophonie and the Festival du bois

Vancouver, February 13, 2010

• Notes for a speech at a reception organized by the Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique

Iqaluit, February 10, 2010

• Notes for an address to a workshop on the Francophone community at the Nunavut Language Summit

Iqaluit, February 9, 2010

• Notes for a speech at the Nunavut Language Summit

Moncton, February 4, 2010

• Notes for an address at the symposium “Celebrating 40 Years of Linguistic Duality in New Brunswick” – A Look at 40 Years of Official Languages
• Notes for a second address at the symposium “Celebrating 40 Years of Linguistic Duality in New Brunswick”