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 The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...
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

The
Representative of the Government in the Senate The representative of the Government in the Senate (french: représentant du gouvernement au Sénat) is the member of the Senate of Canada who is responsible for introducing, promoting, and defending the government's bills in the Senate after th ...
and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.


External links

* {{Canadian Parliament Standing Committees Committees of the Senate of Canada Bilingualism in Canada