Annotated Language Laws of Canada — Constitutional, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Laws

Annotated Language Laws of Canada — Constitutional, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Laws The *Annotated Language Laws of Canada* is a comprehensive and evergreen legal reference tool. It inventories all constitutional, federal, provincial and territorial legislation relating, in whole or in part, to the use of language(s) within government institutions and in commercial and/or private activities. The publication covers a variety of legislative and regulatory provisions and relevant case law excerpts relating to the official languages of Canada, aboriginal languages and the rights of Canadians who speak languages other than French or English. Web accessibility (HTML version): JAWS-tested (July 2017); NVDA-tested (October 2017) 2019-07-06 Department of Justice Canada olad-dlo@justice.gc.ca Government and PoliticsLanguage and LinguisticsLawSociety and CultureOfficial LanguagesLanguage Rights Chapter 1: Constitutional LawsPDF/A-1 https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/f17d967a-98c0-454f-a07b-f95d4a2820f1/resource/21f394f2-cea8-429b-9180-559817a70e88/download/_chapter-1_master_eng.pdf Chapitre 1 : Lois constitutionnellesPDF/A-1 https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/f17d967a-98c0-454f-a07b-f95d4a2820f1/resource/96a0168a-0aab-4cbe-b69c-73bb4938920c/download/_chapitre-1_master_fra.pdf Chapter 1: Constitutional LawsHTML https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/f17d967a-98c0-454f-a07b-f95d4a2820f1/resource/d1ef9b57-45ee-44b8-8374-14374de74a0c/download/_chapter-1_master_eng.htm Chapitre 1 : Lois constitutionnellesHTML 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The Annotated Language Laws of Canada is a comprehensive and evergreen legal reference tool. It inventories all constitutional, federal, provincial and territorial legislation relating, in whole or in part, to the use of language(s) within government institutions and in commercial and/or private activities. The publication covers a variety of legislative and regulatory provisions and relevant case law excerpts relating to the official languages of Canada, aboriginal languages and the rights of Canadians who speak languages other than French or English. Web accessibility (HTML version): JAWS-tested (July 2017); NVDA-tested (October 2017)

  • Publisher - Current Organization Name: Department of Justice Canada
  • Publisher - Organization Name at Publication: Official Languages Directorate
  • Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada

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