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Briefing binder Canadian Heritage – Transition – July 2023

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage before the Standing- Study of Bill C-18, Online News Act

You can download, save and print the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in various Indigenous languages (PDF format). The Charter is also available in various languages here. Versions other than English or French are considered promotional material; they are not to be considered an official...

Canadian Heritage is strongly committed to contribute to a barrier-free Canada. The Plan marks an important step in our work to identify, prevent and remove barriers for persons with disabilities. It is our guide to become a model of accessibility in the public service.

Briefing binder used by the honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Sport, before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) – Hockey Canada

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) on June 2, 2022 – Study of Bill C-11, Online Streaming Act

Briefing binder used Minister Petitpas Taylor, before the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages (OLLO), on March 21, 2022, and before Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG), on March 23, 2022

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC)

First Official Language Spoken (FOLS) is a linguistic concept derived from three census questions on language (knowledge of official languages, mother tongue and home language). Multiple responses are distributed equally among declared languages by different levels of geographies.

Official languages funded groups with various coding (sector, subsector, population segment, geoscope), by different levels of geographies along with the longitudinal coordinates.

Characteristics and Distribution of Canadian schools teaching in the minority official language, by province and territory, by different levels of geographies along with the longitudinal coordinates.

Mother Tongue (MT) refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census. Multiple responses are distributed equally among declared languages, by different levels of geographies.

English-French bilingualism includes those who can carry on a conversation in both English and French, by different levels of geographies.

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez before the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA), Bill C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, before the Standing Committee on Official languages (LANG), Reform Document for the Modernization of the Official Languages Act

Briefing binder used by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, study of Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

This report provides Canada’s response to the Committee’s 2012 Concluding Observations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/CAN/CO/3-4), 2006 Concluding Observations on the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/CAN/CO/1), and 2012 Concluding...

The Common Core Document should be read in conjunction with Canada’s periodic reports under the seven United Nations (UN) human rights treaties to which Canada is a party. Together, these documents outline the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures that implement Canada’s...

On April 3 and 4, 2017, Canada appeared before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee), for the review of its initial report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee issued its concluding observations for...