Amendments to the Official Languages Act
(November 2005)
Bill S-3, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act (promotion of English and French), received Royal Assent on November 24th 2005. This bill modifies Part VII of the Official Languages Act and its scope.
Action Plan for Official languages - Mid term Report
(October 27, 2005)
On March 12, 2003, the Government of Canada launched its Action Plan for Official Languages with a budget of over $750 million over five years for investments in education, minority official language community development, and the federal public service. Today, Mauril Bélanger, Minister responsible for Official Languages, is releasing the Mid-term Report on the Action Plan for Official Languages.
The report contains general information covering 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, which gives an initial idea of the progress made in this matter, but it is not a formal evaluation of results to date. Monitoring and data collection will continue with a view to producing a formal evaluation of the Plan in 2007 and a final report for release in the fall of 2008.
Department of Canadian Heritage Action Plan 2002-2005
The Action Plan 2002-2005 of the Department of Canadian Heritage contains various measures that could further help the development and enhance the vitality of official-language minority communities and promote linguistic duality.
Bulletin 41-42
A newsletter, published three times a year, addressed to the official-language minority communities in Canada and to those federal public servants in every region who have a role to play in the implementation of Sections 41 and 42 of the Official Languages Act.
