C-7.1 - Act respecting the Centre de la francophonie des Amériques

Section 8 Disposition versions

2022-06-01

8. The Centre’s affairs are to be administered by a board of directors consisting of 15 directors including a chair and a president and chief executive officer, who is a member of the board by virtue of office. The directors are appointed or elected as follows:

(1)  three directors, including the chair and a person from outside Canada, are appointed by the Government on the joint recommendation of the Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and for Francophones within Canada, the Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, the Minister of Culture and Communications, and the Minister of the French Language;

(2)  four directors are appointed respectively by the Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and for Francophones within Canada, the Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, the Minister of Culture and Communications and the Minister of the French Language;

(3)  seven directors are elected from among the Centre’s members by the general meeting of members.

Of the directors elected by the general meeting of the Centre’s members, there must be one from each of Québec, Ontario, Acadia, and Western Canada or the Territories, one from outside Canada, one who was elected from among the leaders of pan-Canadian organizations of Canadian francophone and Acadian communities and one who is not more than 35 years of age when elected.

2006, c. 57, s. 8; 2022, c. 14, s. 133.

2008-03-19

8. The Centre’s affairs are to be administered by a board of directors consisting of 15 directors including a chair and a president and chief executive officer, who is a member of the board by virtue of office. The directors are appointed or elected as follows:

(1)  three directors, including the chair and a person from outside Canada, are appointed by the Government on the joint recommendation of the Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and for Francophones within Canada, the Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, the Minister of Culture and Communications, and the Minister responsible for the Charter of the French language;

(2)  four directors are appointed respectively by the Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and for Francophones within Canada, the Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, the Minister of Culture and Communications and the Minister responsible for the Charter of the French language;

(3)  seven directors are elected from among the Centre’s members by the general meeting of members.

Of the directors elected by the general meeting of the Centre’s members, there must be one from each of Québec, Ontario, Acadia, and Western Canada or the Territories, one from outside Canada, one who was elected from among the leaders of pan-Canadian organizations of Canadian francophone and Acadian communities and one who is not more than 35 years of age when elected.

2006, c. 57, s. 8.