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<p><p><p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>WHAT ARE THE MAIN GOALS OF MODERNIZATION?</small></span></strong></span></span><br>

<p><p><p><span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>WHAT ARE THE MAIN GOALS OF THE MODERNIZATION?</small></span></strong></span></span><br>

<br><p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The main goals are the following:

<br><p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The main goals are the following:

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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>WHAT ENHANCEMENTS ARE EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF BILL C-32 IN JUNE 2021?</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>WHAT ARE THE ENHANCEMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF BILL C-32 IN JUNE 2021?</small></span></strong></span></span>

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* <p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The powers of the Treasury Board will be further strengthened, allowing for improved official languages coordination and accountability across the Government of Canada.  

* <p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The powers of the Treasury Board will be further strengthened, allowing for improved official languages coordination and accountability across the Government of Canada.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Commissioner of Official Languages will have more power to impose administrative monetary penalties on certain privatized entities and Crown corporations in the transportation sector communicating with and serving the travelling public.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The Commissioner of Official Languages will have a new power, namely, the power to impose administrative monetary penalties on certain privatized entities and Crown corporations in the transportation sector communicating with and serving the travelling public.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be a more detailed Francophone immigration policy with objectives, targets and indicators, in order to increase Francophone immigration to Francophone minority communities, as immigration is a factor contributing to the demographic weight of those communities.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be a more detailed Francophone immigration policy with objectives, targets and indicators, in order to increase Francophone immigration to Francophone minority communities, as immigration is a factor contributing to the demographic weight of those communities.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The new rights in federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and in regions with a strong Francophone presence, which make it possible to work and receive service in French in these businesses, will now be introduced via a new statute.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The new rights in federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and in regions with a strong Francophone presence, which make it possible to work and receive service in French in these businesses, will now be introduced via a new statute.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be new wording that is more explicit about the importance of Canada’s two major language communities.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be new wording that is more explicit about the importance of Canada’s two major language communities.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be better direction on positive measures to be taken by federal institutions, for the benefit of official language minority communities and the advancement of English and French across Canada.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">There will be better direction on positive measures to be taken by federal institutions, for the benefit of official language minority communities and the advancement of English and French across Canada.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Wording concerning emergencies will be added to the Act in order to provide a clearer reminder for federal institutions that the rights and safety of Anglophones and Francophones must be protected even in emergencies.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Wording concerning emergencies will be added to the ''Act'' in order to provide a clearer reminder for federal institutions that the rights and safety of Anglophones and Francophones must be protected even in emergencies.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The principles of statutory interpretation will now include the principle of the remedial nature of language rights, which seeks to remedy past injustices and ensure greater protection for official language minority communities across Canada.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">The principles of statutory interpretation will now include the principle of the remedial nature of language rights, which seeks to remedy past injustices and ensure greater protection for official language minority communities across Canada.  

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Minority language education will be supported by creating a process obligation for the federal government’s commitment to contribute to an estimate of the number of children whose parents have the right to have them educated in the minority official language.

* <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Minority language education will be supported by creating a process obligation for the federal government’s commitment to contribute to an estimate of the number of children whose parents have the right to have them educated in the minority official language.

<span style="color:#343742"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic, Demi Cond, sans-serif"><small>WHAT CONCRETE ACTIONS CAN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES CHAMPIONS TAKE?</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>WHAT CONCRETE ACTIONS CAN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES CHAMPIONS TAKE?</small></span></strong></span></span>

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<br><p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Official languages champions are in a unique position to support their organization and ensure that all the required components are implemented in advance. Given the strengthened oversight powers of the Treasury Board and the Commissioner of Official Languages, it is likely that additional systematized mechanisms will be established. Therefore, preparatory work will need to be carried out in federal institutions to help support the monitoring, evaluation, and audit cycles.  

<br><p> <span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">Official languages champions are in a unique position to support their organization and ensure that all the required components are implemented in advance. Given the strengthened oversight powers of the Treasury Board and the Commissioner of Official Languages, it is likely that additional systematized mechanisms will be established. Therefore, preparatory work will need to be carried out in federal institutions to help support the monitoring, evaluation, and audit cycles. <p>

<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">For example, champions could:

<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">For example, champions could:

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">notify their organization’s steering committee of upcoming changes;

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">notify their organization’s executive committee of upcoming changes;

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">consult with the persons responsible for official languages to assess whether the human and financial resources needed to conduct these exercises are available, and which ones will be required;

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">consult with the persons responsible for official languages to assess whether the human and financial resources needed to conduct these exercises are available, and which ones will be required;

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">initiate discussions with the persons responsible for coordinating section 41 of the OLA to systematize the identification of positive measures effective immediately.

*<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif">initiate discussions with the persons responsible for coordinating section 41 of the OLA to immediately systematize the identification of positive measures.

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