Bill C-32 · 43th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
An Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act
An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedJune 15, 2021
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- Justin TrudeauPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 15 June 2021, the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages introduced Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (An Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-32 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 childhoo…
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