✘ Bill C-354 (Quebec’s cultural distinctiveness and French-speaking communities)
Voted nay. Bill passed.
Bill
Bill C-354, An Act to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act (Quebec’s cultural distinctiveness and French-speaking communities)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
The CRTC already holds extensive public consultations open to anyone before making decisions. The duty to consult the governments of Quebec and the other provinces proposed in C-354 would require the CRTC to engage in significant additional consultations in relation to a large number of its decisions resulting in a heavy burden in terms of both time and resources and potentially impeding its ability to efficiently fulfill its mandate.
Passed.
Bill Status
In consideration in committee in the House of Commons
✔︎ Bill C-13, An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Business Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act updates the Official Languages Act and reflects the changes requested by minority official languages communities, including the BC Francophone Association.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received