Appendix A: Official Languages Support Programs – Expected Outcomes and Program Components

Appendix A: Official Languages Support Programs – Expected Outcomes and Program Components

n/a		Development of Official-Language Communities Program	Enhancement of Official Languages Program
Objective of the Official Languages Act: (See Part VII of the Official Languages Act)		To enhance the vitality of English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada and support and assist their development.	To promote the full recognition and use of English and French in Canadian society.
Expected outcomes：	Medium term	Members of minority communities: Have greater access to quality education in their own language, in their community Have greater access to programs and services offered, in their language, by federal departments and agencies, provincial and territorial governments, and municipalities Have a greater ability to live in their own language, to participate in Canadian society and to ensure their long-term development The multiple partners working to foster community growth and vitality work together to better co-ordinate and target their efforts to support the development of the official-language minority communities.	A greater proportion of Canadians: Have a working knowledge of both official languages Have a better understanding and appreciation of the benefits of linguistic duality Accept the rights of linguistic minorities and encourage their participation in Canadian society Federal departments and agencies become more aware of their responsibilities with respect to linguistic duality and more active in this regard. The many partners fostering linguistic duality and the French language will work together to better co-ordinate and target their efforts in this regard.
	Long term	The sustainability of official-language minority communities in Canada is guaranteed. Social cohesion in Canada is increased.	Canada is recognized at home and abroad as an officially bilingual country. All Canadians recognize and support linguistic duality. Social cohesion in Canada is increased.
program components	Community Life	Cooperation with the Community Sector Intergovernmental Cooperation on Minority-Language Services Interdepartmental Partnership with Official-Language Communities Strategic Funds Young Canada Works	n/a
	Promotion of Linguistic Duality	n/a	Cooperation on Promotion Support for Innovation Support for Interpretation and Translation
	Minority-Language Education	Intergovernmental Cooperation Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector	n/a
	Second-Language Learning	n/a	Intergovernmental Cooperation Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Sector Young Canada Works
Other actions		Coordination of the federal commitment Research	Coordination of the federal commitment Research Promotion

PART VII of Official Languages Act
– ADVANCEMENT OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH

Government policy

41.

1. The Government of Canada is committed to (a) enhancing the vitality of the English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada and supporting and assisting their development; and(b) fostering the full recognition and use of both English and French in Canadian society.
2. Every federal institution has the duty to ensure that positive measures are taken for the implementation of the commitments under subsection (1). For greater certainty, this implementation shall be carried out while respecting the jurisdiction and powers of the provinces.
3. The Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of federal institutions, other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer or office of the Ethics Commissioner, prescribing the manner in which any duties of those institutions under this Part are to be carried out.

Coordination

42. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, in consultation with other ministers of the Crown, shall encourage and promote a coordinated approach to the implementation by federal institutions of the commitments set out in section 41.

Specific mandate of Minister of Canadian Heritage

43. (1) The Minister of Canadian Heritage shall take such measures as that Minister considers appropriate to advance the equality of status and use of English and French in Canadian society and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may take measures to

1. Enhance the vitality of the English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada and support and assist their development;
2. Encourage and support the learning of English and French by members of the public;
3. Foster an acceptance and appreciation of both English and French by members of the public;
4. Encourage and assist provincial governments to support the development of English and French linguistic minority communities generally and, in particular, to offer provincial and municipal services in both English and French and to provide opportunities for members of English or French linguistic minority communities to be educated in their own language;
5. Encourage and assist provincial governments to provide opportunities for everyone in Canada to learn both English and French;
6. Encourage and cooperate with the business community, labour organizations, voluntary organizations and other organizations or institutions to provide services in both English and French and to foster the recognition and use of these languages;
7. Encourage and assist organizations and institutions to project the bilingual character of Canada in their activities in Canada or elsewhere;
8. With the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into agreements or arrangements that recognize and advance the bilingual character of Canada within the governments of foreign states.

Consultation

43. (2) The Minister of Canadian Heritage shall take such measures as that Minister considers appropriate to ensure public consultation in the development of policies and review of programs relating to the advancement and the equality of status and use of English and French in Canadian society.

Annual report to Parliament

44. The Minister of Canadian Heritage shall, within such time as is reasonably practicable after the termination of each financial year, submit an annual report to Parliament on the matters relating to official languages for which that Minister is responsible.

Consultations and negotiations with the provinces

45. Any minister of the Crown designated by the Governor in Council may consult and may negotiate agreements with the provincial governments to ensure, to the greatest practical extent but subject to Part IV, that the provision of federal, provincial, municipal and education services in both official languages is coordinated and that regard is had to the needs of the recipients of those services.

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