Question Period Note: Governance and whole-of-government official languages coordination

Close collaboration is exercised to ensure governance and whole-of-government coordination of the implementation of the Official Languages Act (Act) between Canadian Heritage and Treasury Board (TB). The Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages provides for significant adjustments that include, among other things, to entrust the role of government-wide coordination of the Act and its good governance to the President of TB, while the Minister of Canadian Heritage (or the designated Minister responsible for Official Languages) leads the development and implementation of a government-wide official languages strategy, in consultation with the TB President.

Our government is fully committed to meeting its official languages responsibilities, particularly by ensuring ongoing and effective governance and whole-of-government coordination.

The modernized Act strengthens the governance of official languages by giving the Treasury Board a greater role in coordinating and monitoring federal institutions to improve the compliance of federal institutions.

The new distribution of responsibilities reflects the respective mandates of the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister responsible for official languages.

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