Source: The Canadian Press, March 11, 2019
OTTAWA – The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law.
The 1969 law enshrined Canadians’ right to receive federal services in English or French.
The last major reform of the law was in 1988 and there have been recent calls to update it again, including from a Senate committee that late last month said the act needs to be applied more effectively and consistently.
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