Ministerial Consultations with Communities

Ministerial Consultations with Minority Official Language Communities

Under the Action Plan for Official Languages, released in March 2003, minority official language communities will be formally consulted by Ministers with official language responsibilities.

To fulfil that commitment, the Official Languages Branch of the Privy Council Office has established a cycle of consultations consisting of two annual meetings with minority official language communities: one in the spring with senior officials in departments involved in the implementation of the Action Plan, and another in the fall with the Ministers of those institutions.

Five consultations have been held to date: three with senior officials (May 2003, March 2004 and March 2005) and two with Ministers (October 2003 and October 2005).  Some sixty community representatives and a dozen Ministers took part in the Ministerial Consultations last fall.

These consultations are a major event highly appreciated by communities. They afford community representatives the opportunity to express their views on the implementation of the Action Plan, and also allow federal Ministers to take the pulse of communities on current issues in the area of official languages.

Minutes

The 2005 ministerial consultations took place on October 26th. Minutes to come.

October 27, 2004 - Ministerial Consultations with Minority Official Language Communities

October 6, 2003 - Minority Francophone Community Groups Representatives

October 6, 2003 - Anglophone Community Groups Representatives