official languages act

Parliament has begun a lengthy winter break, but more than a hundred bills are still on the table and ready to be picked up when lawmakers return to Ottawa in late January.

New census data showing a decline of French in Canada is "extremely troubling," the prime minister said on Friday, August 19, 2022, but he added that Ottawa still has a responsibility to protect linguistic minorities across the country — including in Quebec.

Mary Simon faced some tough questions in three languages on Monday, May 9, 2022, from students at the Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, a community in northern Quebec.

The Federal Court has ordered Air Canada to pay a total of $21,000 to two francophones for repeated violations of their language rights, including seatbelts on which the instruction to "lift" the buckle was marked only in English.

The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated an official languages commissioner on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, as well as a lobbying commissioner.

The announcement came after steadfast Opposition criticism of Meilleur’s possible appointment because of her ties to the federal Liberals.