The legislation was drafted in an attempt to follow the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec. The act made French the official language in a number of areas: The Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec was established under the Union nationale government of Jean-Jacques Bertrand on December 9, 1968. ...
Language of commercial signing (the use of French was required)
Language of labour relations and business (businesses wanting to deal with the state had to apply for francization programs)
Language of instruction (English language public school was restricted to children who had a "sufficient" knowledge of this language)
Language of legislation and justice (priority was given to French texts in case of ambiguity)
The Official Languages Act of Canada of 1988 is an Act of Parliament which recognizes English and French as the official languages of Canada. ... Many countries have a language policy designed to favour or discourage the use of a particular language or set of languages. ...
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Integral text of the Law (French-English PDF document)
Office québécois de la langue française - Repères et jalons historiques (in French)
The OfficialLanguagesAct of 1969 is an Act of Parliament which recognizes English and French as the officiallanguages of Canada.
The 1988 act is a new and improved version of the OfficialLanguagesAct of 1969, that was one of the major consequences of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.
The primary impact of the 1969 act was in providing federal services in both languages, where population size warranted it.
Introduce activities to maintain or develop the second language (for employees who have already attained a given language level) and language training activities (for employees who wish to learn the other officiallanguage, even though they are not in bilingual positions).
Encourage consultation with officiallanguage minority communities, in terms of service quality and support for their development, to optimize the impact of decisions on them, relating to research, policies, programs, services (including alternative service delivery) and initiatives (including institutional transformations, partnerships and federal-provincial agreements).
The Task Force is convinced that by using all the organization's resources, the officiallanguages champion will be able to raise his or her institution's consciousness on the importance of respect for the rights and obligations under the Act, and the realities and aspirations of officiallanguage minority communities.
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