Calendar of Consultation and Engagement Activities Being Undertaken by the Department of Justice Canada in 2019

Date Title of the Consultation Activity Purpose Target Clientele Additional Information
February 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019 Modernization of the Official Languages Act (OLA)

On June 6, 2018, the Prime Minister announced the government’s intention to modernize the Official Languages Act (OLA). This intention was then included in the Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie’s Mandate Letter, issued on August 28, 2018, with the commitment to begin to review and modernize the OLA. Canadians were invited to share their opinions across the country and online. In her mandate letter of January 2021, the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages was responsible for “Recognizing the unique reality of French, table legislation in 2021 to modernize and reinforce the Official Languages Act.”

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