Official Languages Act Modernization – Francophones Disappointed as Year Ends With Missed Opportunity
As it becomes clear that 2020 will end without the federal government taking meaningful action to modernize the Official Languages Act, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) du Canada – the national voice of Canada’s French-speaking minority communities – is sorely disappointed at this missed opportunity. The government’s failure to introduce a bill comes at the end of a year which has shown, more than ever, how serious the status of French as an official language of Canada is being eroded.