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The Official Language Act of 1974 [1] (French: Loi sur la langue officielle), also known as Bill 22, was an act of the National Assembly of Quebec, commissioned by Premier Robert Bourassa, which made French the sole official language of Quebec, Canada. Provincial desire for the Official Language Act came after the repeal of Bill 63. [2]
The Charter of the French Language (French: Charte de la langue française, pronounced [ʃaʁt də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛz]), also known as Bill 101 (French: Loi 101, pronounced [lwa sɑ̃ œ̃]), is a law in the Canadian province of Quebec defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government.
Earlier language legislation in Quebec had included An Act to promote the French language in Quebec in 1969, and the La Vergne Law of 1910. Both statutes were drafted in an attempt to follow the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec (the Gendron Commission).
The first mandatory language law, it incorporates and broadens several elements of the Official Language Act and substantially enhances the status of the French language in Quebec. For its implementation, the Charter establishes, in addition to the OLF, the Toponymy Commission , the Monitoring and Inquiry Commission and the French Language Council.
The Act to implement court rulings on the language of instruction, commonly known as Act 115, is an amending act introduced by the Charest government in Quebec. [Notes 1] [Notes 2] This legislation modifies the Charter of the French Language in response to the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Nguyen v.
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1987: The 1982 law inserting the Notwithstanding Clause into all Quebec laws is allowed to lapse by the Liberal government of Robert Bourassa, and all Quebec laws therefore become subject to the Charter of Rights. 1988: Ford v. Quebec (A.G.): The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the commercial sign law provisions of Bill 101, are ...
The law creates an obligation for Quebec colleges and universities to adopt a language policy. [54] The Minister's objective was for institutions to "play an active role in the use of the French language."55 Institutions thus had until October 1, 2004 to adopt a policy dealing with elements such as the language of instruction, the language used ...