Question Period Note: The Modernized Official Languages Act and its benefits for French-speaking Canadians

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Reference number:
PCH-2024-QP-00062
Date received:
Nov 25, 2024
Organization:
Canadian Heritage
Name of Minister:
Petitpas Taylor, Ginette (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages

Issue/Question:

The Official Languages Act, modernized in June 2023, contains a series of provisions that benefit French-speaking Canadians. Notably, it recognizes the predominant use of the English language in Canada and North America, and therefore the need to protect and promote the French language.

Suggested Response:

The modernized Official Languages Act recognizes that French is a minority language in Canada and North America, and that the federal government is committed to protecting and promoting it across the country, including in Quebec.

Our new Policy on Francophone Immigration is an additional concrete measure that our government has taken to restore and increase the demographic weight of francophones throughout Canada.

Our government created a new law which will provide new rights to work and receive services in French in some Federally Regulated Private Businesses in Quebec and in regions with a strong francophone presence.

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