00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.901010 CaOODSP 20221107175550 m o d f cr bn |||||||| 210623s2021 onc ol f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng fre n-cn--- XB432-32/1-PDF Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, issuing body. An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts = Loi modifiant la Loi sur les langues officielles et apportant des modifications connexes et corrélatives à d'autres lois. Loi modifiant la Loi sur les langues officielles et apportant des modifications connexes et corrélatives à d'autres lois An Act for the substantive equality of French and English and the strengthening of the Official Languages Act [Ottawa] : House of Commons of Canada = Chambre des communes du Canada, 2021. 1 online resource (v, 49 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Bill C-... ; Bill C-32, 2nd session, 43rd Parliament Cover title. "First reading, June 15, 2021." "Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages." Issued also in HTML format. “This enactment amends the Official Languages Act to, among other things, (a) codify certain interpretative principles regarding language rights; (b) provide that the Minister of Canadian Heritage is responsible for exercising leadership within the Government of Canada in relation to the implementation of that Act; (c) provide that section 16 of that Act applies to the Supreme Court of Canada; (d) provide for Government of Canada commitments to (i) protect and promote French, (ii) contribute to an estimate of the number of children whose parents are rights holders under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (iii) advance opportunities for members of English and French linguistic minority communities to pursue quality learning in their own language throughout their lives, including from early childhood to post-secondary education, and (iv) advance the use of English and French in the conduct of Canada’s external affairs; (e) provide for certain positive measures that federal institutions may take to implement certain Government of Canada commitments, including measures to (i) promote and support the learning of English and French, and (ii) support sectors that are essential to enhancing the vitality of English and French linguistic minority communities and protect and promote the presence of strong institutions serving those communities; (f) provide for certain measures that the Minister of Canadian Heritage may take to advance the equality of status and use of English and French in Canadian society; (g) provide that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is required to adopt a policy on francophone immigration; (h) provide that the Government of Canada recognizes the importance of cooperating with provincial and territorial governments; (i) provide for rights respecting the use of French as a language of service and a language of work in relation to federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and regions with a strong francophone presence; (j) provide that the Treasury Board is required to monitor and audit federal institutions for their compliance with policies, directives and regulations relating to the official languages, evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and programs of federal institutions relating to the official languages and provide certain information to the public and to employees of federal institutions; (k) enable the Commissioner of Official Languages to enter into compliance agreements and, in certain cases, to make orders; and (l) permit employees of federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and regions with a strong francophone presence to make a complaint to the Commissioner of Official Languages with respect to rights and duties in relation to language of work, and permit that Commissioner to refer the complaint to the Canada Industrial Relations Board in certain circumstances. It also makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts”--Summary, pages ii-iii. Text in English and in French. Canada. Official Languages Act (1988) Canada. Canada Labour Code. Canada. Department of Canadian Heritage Act. Canada. Air Canada Public Participation Act. Canada. CN Commercialization Act. Canada. Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act. Canada. Broadcasting Act. Bilingualism Law and legislation Canada. Legislative bills lcgft An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts = fre (CaOODSP)9.901013 Bill C-... Bill C-32, 2nd session, 43rd Parliament. (CaOODSP)9.500659 PDF 668 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/parl/XB432-32-1.pdf HTML N/A https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-32/first-reading 90993