Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages

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The Senate Standing Committee On Official languages (OLLO) is a standing committee of the Senate of Canada responsible for examining issues of Francophone culture in Canada, especially in regard to the Official Languages Act. It is mandated to study, as the Senate may decide, bills, messages, petitions, inquiries, papers and other matters relating to Canada's official languages generally.

Members

As of the 45th Canadian Parliament:

CaucusMemberProvince
  Independent Senators Group Allister Surette, chairNS
  Conservative Rose-May Poirier, deputy chairNB
  Independent Senators Group René Cormier NB
  Progressive Senate Group Amina Gerba QC
  Independent Senators Group Lucie Moncion ON
  Canadian Senators Group Gigi Osler MB

The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.