Report on the government of Canada's consultations on linguistic duality and official languages : Rapport sur les consultations du gouvernement du Canada sur la dualité linguistique et les langues officielles

In a context of globalization and growing diversity in the country, and given that the Action Plan will soon be coming to an end, the Government organised consultations in order to gather the perspectives of Canadians on important issues relating to linguistic duality and the development of official language minority communities. [...] The Parliamentary Resolution of 1973 made, for the first time, the Government of Canada responsible for ensuring the full participation of members of anglophone and francophone communities in the public service. [...] This part of the Action Plan led to the development of a formal framework, unveiled in October 2005 under the title “Canada’s Linguistic Duality: A Framework to Manage the Official Languages Program.” This framework guided the coordination of actions undertaken by the federal government and the evaluation of their impact on future results in the area of official languages. [...] The objective of the consultations was to gather perspectives and ideas on initiatives to be considered in developing the strategy for the next phase of the Action Plan for Official Languages, so that the Government of Canada can act on its desire and commitment to promote linguistic duality and the vitality of the official language minority communities. [...] For many, the size of the territory involved, a lack of staff and the amount of red tape are causing “burnout” among the staff of the community network.