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<b>2.</b> This first email is immediately followed by a second email to Champions, Persons Responsible for Official Languages and Section 41 Coordinators within your institution. This second email includes the instructions and necessary templates in order to complete the exercise.  <br>  
 
<b>2.</b> This first email is immediately followed by a second email to Champions, Persons Responsible for Official Languages and Section 41 Coordinators within your institution. This second email includes the instructions and necessary templates in order to complete the exercise.  <br>  
 
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<div style="color:#00000; font-size:medium; background-color:#005172; padding:10px;">'''Why is the Review important?'''</div>
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<b>Legislative requirement: The Official Languages Act (OLA)</b><br>
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• Under Part VIII of the OLA, the President of the Treasury Board must submit an annual report to Parliament (the Annual Report on Official Languages) on the status of programs relating to the official languages of Canada in the various federal institutions under his/her mandate.<br>
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<b>Annual Report on Official Languages (AROL)</b></br>
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• The information submitted in the Reviews on Official Languages is used to draft the AROL for both TBS and Canadian Heritage.<br>
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• Should an institution fail to submit a Review within the established timelines, TBS reserves the right to name that institution in the AROL.<br>
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• Allows parliamentarians and the Canadian public to examine the state of official languages within the federal public service.<br>
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<b>Institutional Diagnostic</b><br>
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• Can help identify areas of strength, and opportunity for improvement.<br>
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• Allows TBS to identify common issues, best practices, and offer horizontal support to institutions.<br>

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