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Line 77: − + − + − + − + − + + + − <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Her Excellency, The Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, delivered the Speech from the Throne on November 23, 2021. These are the extracts on official languages:</span></span></p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">“Our two official languages are part of who we are.”</span></span> − <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">“It is essential to support official language minority communities and to protect and promote French, outside and inside Quebec.”</span></span> − + + + − + − <p></p> − + + − <span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>WORKING GROUP ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE SURVEY</small></span></strong></span></span><p></p> − <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Did you know that the Vice-Chair of the Council is chairing a working group mandated to review the Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) questions on official languages and make recommendations? This working group, which comprises some 10 federal institutions, resumed its work in order to review the findings of the 2020 survey.</span></span> </p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Updates on this file can be found in the minutes of Council meetings which are emailed to you.</span></span> + − + −
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<p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>MODERNIZATION OF THE ''OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT''</small></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">On October 26, 2021, the Prime Minister announced the composition of the Cabinet. Ginette Petitpas Taylor became Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and Mona Fortier was appointed President of the Treasury Board.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">On March 1, 2022, the Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, tabled [https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-13/first-reading '''Bill C-13''']. Second reading was completed on May 30, 2022, and the bill is currently under consideration by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages. You can refer to this newsletter article [insert hyperlink] to learn more about the bill.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>MODERNIZATION OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT</small></span></strong></span></span>
<span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>BUDGET 2022</small></span></strong></span></span>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">As you are aware, [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/canadians-official-languages-act/introduction-bill.html '''Bill C-32'''], An Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the ''Official Languages Act'', was tabled on June 15, 2021.</span></span> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The [https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2021/12/16/minister-official-languages-and-minister-responsible-atlantic-canada '''mandate letter'''] of the Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency indicates that the Government still expects to reintroduce a bill at the beginning of her mandate:</span></span> </p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">“Swiftly reintroduce the Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act by early 2022.”</span></span> <p><br></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">On April 7, 2022, the Government of Canada released its [https://budget.gc.ca/2022/home-accueil-en.html '''Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable''']. The following is an excerpt related to official languages:</span></span> </p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">“$408.3 million to promote official languages and support the modernization of the ''Official Languages Act'', as introduced on March 1, 2022 by the Government of Canada, in order to achieve the substantive equality of Canada’s official languages, including improvements designed to meet the challenges facing official language minority communities.”</span></span><br><p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>ACTION PLAN FOR OFFICIAL LANGUAGES</small></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>SPEECH FROM THE THRONE</small></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, has launched the [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/consultation-official-languages-2022.html '''cross-Canada consultations'''] in preparation for the next Action Plan for Official Languages. These consultations will take place from May 24 to August 31, 2022.</span></span></p><p></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">“The Government will reintroduce the proposed Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act.”</span></span><p></p>
<p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>BILL 96</small></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">On May 24, 2022, the Quebec Government passed Bill 96, ''[http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-parlementaires/projets-loi/projet-loi-96-42-1.html?appelant=MC '''An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec''']''.</span></span></p>
<span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>EVOLUTION LINGUISTIC DUALITY DAY</small></span></strong></span></span><p></p>
<p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>LINGUISTIC DUALITY DAY</small></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Council is actively continuing its efforts to rename Linguistic Duality Day in order to make the event more current, inclusive and unifying. The recommendation to change the name of the event was made following an ad hoc meeting held on January 25, 2022.</span></span> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Linguistic Duality Day, which took place on September 9, 2021, was an unprecedented success. Indeed, over 2,500 people participated in the event. There were also over 16,000 visits to the event website, and 27, 000 tweet impressions for the Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions. Refer to this [[:en:images/3/37/Dashboard-LDD-TableauBord-JDL-2021.pdf|'''dashboard''']] for further details.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">In addition, the Council and the Linguistic Duality Network are actively pursuing their efforts to establish a National Linguistic Duality Day. All updates on this file can be found in the minutes of Council meetings which are emailed to you.</span></span>
<br><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>WORKING GROUP ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE SURVEY</small></span></strong></span></span><p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) Working Group has concluded its work for the current year. Under the leadership of Brigitte Gibson, members reviewed the results of the most recent survey and made recommendations for the 2022 PSES.</span></span> </p>
<span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>STRATEGIC PLAN</small></span></strong></span></span><p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Council’s strategic plan concluded on March 31, and discussions on the next three-year cycle are now under way. Council members and official languages champions will have the opportunity to provide input on the Council’s vision, mandate, strategic directions and key activities through a survey that will be conducted this fall.</span></span> </p><p><br> </p><p></p>
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