BRIEFING BINDER FOR APPEARANCE BEFORE THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (OLLO) – June 20, 2022

Governance
Horizontal coordination
Government-wide strategy
Documents to make publicly available (immigration, rights holders, FPT)
Accountability measures
Obligations for Treasury Board
Minister of Heritage
Anticipated questions and answers

Overlooked elements
Travelling public
Active offer
Publication on the Web of federal courts’ decisions
Regions designated as bilingual
Telework
Rights to supervision
Training and central services
Emergency situations
FPT agreements
Technologically neutral Act
Anticipated questions and answers

Part VII
Enshrine FFCB – Positive measures
Enshrine FFCB – Negative impacts
Regulation
Immigration targets
Global affairs
Statistics Canada
Consultations of OLMCs
Anticipated questions and answers

Commissioner's powers
Orders
Administrative monetary penalties
Judicial review for complainants
Review de novo
Anticipated questions and answers

Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act
Protections for both minorities
Option between the UFA and CFL
Inconsistencies between UFA and OLA
Defining a consumer
Obligations to employees
Exemptions from the UFA
Regulations
Anticipated questions and answers

Various subjects
Deadline for entry in force decrees
Cost of operationalizing
Asymmetry
Territorialization
Nominating bilingual Governor General and Lieutenant Governor
Bilingual Supreme Court Judges
Constitutional texts
Research
Indigenous languages

Senate group’s priorities
Summary of recommendations for modernization in OLLO
Summary of Briefs on Bill C-13
Summary of previous appearances
Environmental Scan