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Some provinces changed their education act towards more use of French as lkanguage of instruction
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The Official Languages Act received Royal Assent.
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The Federal Government declared itself by policy multicultural. this Muticultural policy pleged to promote and respect all Canada's languages and cultures.
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Cultural Enrichment Program Created under the 1971 Policy of Muticulturalism
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Parliament created a special joint committee on Offical Languages, responsible for evaluating progress made in 10 years since the passage of the Official Language Act.
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Parliament struck the standing Joint Committee on Official Languages policies and Programs.
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The new Official Languagse Act received Royal Assent
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Mahé Case: the Supreme Court rules that official-language minorities have the constitutional right to participate actively, in all provinces, in the governance and control of their children's education and the educational institutions their children attend.
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The Federal government announces the creation of a policy aiming at encouraging the envolvement of federal institutions in the deveolpment of official language communities.
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The Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages tabled a report titled Implementation of of Part VII of the Official Languages Act.
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Treasury Board Secreariat becomes involved in the governance of the official language program.
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Treasury board initiated a review of it's official language polices, which would be completed in 2005.
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The Government tabled the Action Plan for Official Languages, which included an offical languages accountability and cordination framework.
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Bill S-3: An Act to amend the Official Lnguage Act (Promotion of English and French) received Royal Assent. It made Part VII of the OLA binding.
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The government announced the cancellation of the Court Challenges Program and other federal programs that have an impact on the development of official-language minority communities,
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Bernard Lord submitted the Report of Goverment of Canada Consultations and Linguistic Duality and Official Languages
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The Supreme Court of Canada rulings in the Desrochers case constitutes a major victory for linguistic equality
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The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages tabled its final report, entitled Implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act: We Can Still Do Better.
