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Official languages in Canada : Langues officielles au Canada : la politique fédérale

2 Oct 2009

This document examines four main issues: • the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its effects on language matters; • implementation of the official languages policy in federal institutions; • implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act; and • the renewed commitment of the Government of Canada with respect to official languages. [...] Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) establishes English and French as the official languages of Canada and confers equal status and equal rights and privileges with respect to their use in the institutions of the Parliament and the Government of Canada. [...] The Official Languages Act of 1969 followed upon the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Bilingualism and Biculturalism to broaden the scope and application of section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867. [...] It also requires Parliament to strike a parliamentary committee specifically responsible for following up on the implementation of the OLA and its accompanying regulations and instructions, and on the implementation of reports by the commissioner of Official Languages, the President of the Treasury Board, and the Minister of Canadian Heritage. [...] The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the (7) Imperative staffing is the requirement that the person about to be appointed meet the language requirements of the position at the time of appointment.
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Authors

Hudon, Marie-Éve

Pages
31
Published in
Canada

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