Official languages and Parliament / Chloé Forget, Marie-Ève Hudon, Élise Hurtubise-Loranger, Legal and Social Affairs Division ; revised by Marie-Ève Hudon.: YM32-2/2015-131-2020E-PDF

"In Canada, a number of constitutional and statutory provisions concern the use of official languages in the legislative realm, thus recognizing the right of both official language communities to participate equally in the parliamentary process. These provisions stem from the collective history of Canadians, and their presence in the Constitution of Canada confirms the fundamental nature of those rights. This paper provides an overview of the various aspects of the issue of official languages in the context of the Canadian Parliament by examining: the guarantees and obligations arising from the Constitution, notably relevant provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867, the Constitution Act, 1982 and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the statutory provisions contained in the Official Languages Act; some specific aspects of parliamentary procedure as they relate to official and other languages; some official languages issues stemming from the use of new technologies, including virtual meetings and sittings; and the linguistic obligations to which officers of Parliament are subject"--Introduction, page 1.

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