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4 unusual facts about Official Languages Act


Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact

The bill act part of the original Official Languages Act, but had been removed at the insistence of Sinhalese extremists.

Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages does a preliminary study of the implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act, as amended by Bill S-3.

Franco-Ténois

The government of the Northwest Territories then adopted an Official Languages Act in the same year that recognized eight official provincial languages, Inuktitut (which includes Inuvialuktun and Inuinnaqtun), Awokanak or Slavey, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Gwichʼin, English and French.

Official Languages Act

the Official Languages Ordinance passed in Hong Kong in 1974 to bring the English and Chinese languages to equal status as official languages of the territory



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Official bilingualism in Canada

The first, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Charter of the French Language) (Bill C-482), was introduced by Bloc MP Pauline Picard.