Speech from the Throne to open the 2^nd session of the 43^rd Parliament. The Government of Canada recognizes “that the situation of French is unique” and that it has “the responsibility to protect and promote French not only outside of Quebec, but also within Quebec.”[1] At the same time, the government pledges to strengthen the Official Languages Act by “taking into consideration the unique reality of French.”[2]

23 September 2020/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Not applicable (n/a)

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LANG adopts a motion to study measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

24 November 2020/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

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Release of the Official Languages Act reform proposal, English and French: Towards a substantive equality of official languages in Canada.

17 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

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Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Quebec Community Groups Network

Hon. Marlene Jennings, President

Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General

25 February 2021 (Meeting 19)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick

Érik Labelle Eastaugh, Professor and Director of the International Observatory for Language Rights, Faculty of Law, Université de Moncton

25 February 2021 (Meeting 19)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Hon. Serge Joyal,[3] Jurist and Former Senator

25 February 2021 (Meeting 19)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Impératif français[4]

François Côté, Lawyer

Jean-Paul Perrault, President

25 February 2021 (Meeting 19)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Charles Castonguay,[5] Retired Professor

9 March 2021 (Meeting 20)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Patrick Sabourin, Doctor in Demography

9 March 2021 (Meeting 20)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Statistics Canada

Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Assistant Director, Diversity and Sociocultural Statistics

9 March 2021 (Meeting 20)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta[6]

Isabelle Laurin, Executive Director

Sheila Risbud, President

13 April 2021 (Meeting 24)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick

Alexandre Cédric Doucet, President

Ali Chaisson, Executive Director

13 April 2021 (Meeting 24)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Rodrigue Landry, Professor Emeritus, Université de Moncton, former Director General, Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

22 April 2021 (Meeting 27)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario

Bryan Michaud, Policy Analyst

Carol Jolin, President

Peter Hominuk, Executive Director

22 April 2021 (Meeting 27)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

Éric Forgues, Executive Director

22 April 2021 (Meeting 27)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Jack Jedwab, President and Chief Executive Officer, Immigration and Identities, Association for Canadian Studies and Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration

27 April 2021 (Meeting 28)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Mariève Forest, Sociologist, President and Founder of Sociopol, Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa

27 April 2021 (Meeting 28)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada[7]

Jean Johnson, President

Alain Dupuis, Director General

27 April 2021 (Meeting 28)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Anne Meggs, Former Director of Research, Office québécois de la langue française

29 April 2021 (Meeting 29)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Robert Leckey, Dean and Samuel Gale Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University

29 April 2021 (Meeting 29)

Start of LANG’s study of measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

25 February 2021/ 43^rd Parliament, 2^nd session

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Denis Bolduc, General Secretary

Gilles Grondin, Union Advisor

29 April 2021 (Meeting 29)

Introduction in the House of Commons of Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

15 June 2021/ 43rd Parliament, 2nd session

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Dissolution of Parliament.

15 August 2021

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44th General Election.

20 September 2021

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Speech from the Throne to open the 44^th Parliament. The government states that it “is essential to support official language minority communities, and to protect and promote French outside and inside Quebec”[8] and that it “will reintroduce the proposed Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act.”[9]

23 November 2021/ 44th Parliament, 1st session

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In Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada), the Federal Court of Appeal overturns part of the trial judge’s decision in Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) having to do with Part VII of the Official Languages Act.

28 January 2022

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LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Guillaume Rousseau, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

2 February 2022 (Meeting 3)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Marc Termote, Associate Professor, Department of Demography, University of Montreal

2 February 2022 (Meeting 3)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Fédération des associations de juristes d’expression française de common law inc.

Daniel Boivin, President

2 February 2022 (Meeting 3)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Roger Lepage, Lawyer

7 February 2022 (Meeting 4)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne

Lynn Brouillette, President and Chief Executive Officer

Martin Normand, Director, Strategic Research and International Relations

7 February 2022 (Meeting 4)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Frédéric Lacroix, Essayist

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Société de la francophonie manitobaine

Angela Cassie, Chair of the Board of Directors

Daniel Boucher, Executive Director

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique

Lily Crist, Chair, Board of Directors

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Quebec Council of Employers

Denis Hamel, Vice President of Workforce Development Policies

Karl Blackburn, President and Chief Executive Officer

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Power Law

Darius Bossé, Lawyer

Mark Power, Lawyer

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

L’Action nationale

Robert Laplante, Director

14 February 2022 (Meeting 6)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Department of Canadian Heritage

Julie Boyer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Official Languages, Heritage and Regions

Sarah Boily, Director General, Official Languages

16 February 2022 (Meeting 7)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Corinne Prince, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration

Glen Linder, Director General, International and Intergovernmental Relations

16 February 2022 (Meeting 7)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal

Marie-Anne Alepin, President

16 February 2022 (Meeting 7)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Mouvement Québec français

Maxime Laporte, President

16 February 2022 (Meeting 7)

LANG adopts a motion to resume and expand the study on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote the French language in Canada and Quebec.

31 January 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

Centre communautaire francophone de Sarnia-Lambton

Tanya Tamilio, President

16 February 2022 (Meeting 7)

End of witness appearances.

16 February 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

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LANG members instruct analysts to draft a report on the measures that the Government of Canada can take to protect and promote French in Canada and Quebec.

28 February 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

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Introduction in the House of Commons of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts.

1 March 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st session

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The Government of Canada announces that it intends to contest the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) (28 January 2022) before the Supreme Court and that it will request an emergency stay of the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal.

24 March 2022

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The Government of Canada asks the Federal Court of Appeal for an emergency stay of the decision in Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) (28 January 2022). The Federal Court of Appeal rejects the request for a stay. The decision of that court outlines that the parties intend to apply to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal.

25 March 2022

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The Government of Canada’s intention to ask the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) (28 January 2022) is mentioned in the House of Commons during Question Period.

25 March 2022, 28 March 2022; 29 March 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st Session

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The Minister of Justice, the Hon. David Lametti, announces that the Government of Canada will not appeal the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision in Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) (28 January 2022).

29 March 2022

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The Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique applies to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision with regard to Part IV of the Official Languages Act in Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v. Canada (Employment and Social Development) (28 January 2022).

29 March 2022

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The Committee begins its study of the draft report on measures the Government of Canada could take to protect and promote French in Canada and in Quebec.

27 April 2022/ 44^th Parliament, 1^st Session

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