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The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada releases a variety of material to the media regarding its work, activities, publications and the Commissioner’s opinions. More detailed information about Canada’s official languages and how Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages is protecting the language rights of Canadians and promoting Canada’s official languages can be found in our sections on publications, tools and resources and statistics.
2010
Commissioner looks forward after linguistic shortfalls of the 2010 Olympic Gamesarchived
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A lack of understanding of official languages responsibilities and a serious misstep in the opening ceremony undermined the opportunity to showcase Canada’s linguistic duality at the Olympic Games, according to Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser’s final report on the 2010 Olympic and...
Service Canada on the right track, says Commissioner of Official Languagesarchived
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Service Canada has shown remarkable leadership and made significant efforts to provide bilingual training to all front-line personnel, according to the Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser, at the launch of the audit report on Service Canada’s bilingual service delivery.
Statement by the Commissioner of Official Languages on the fifth anniversary of the changes to Part VII of the Official Languages Actarchived
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, issued the following statement today regarding the fifth anniversary of the changes to Part VII of the Official Languages Act.
Public service gets failing grade, says Graham Fraserarchived
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The second volume of Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser’s 2009–2010 annual report confirms that federal institutions are failing to provide Canadians with adequate service in both official languages have not created an equitable workplace and are falling well short in promoting Canada...
Language commissioners meet for first time, call on governments to step up effortarchived
Monday, August 30, 2010
The country’s five language commissioners (Canada, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario) are calling on the federal and provincial governments to step up their efforts to ensure the vitality of official languages. The commissioners made their appeal during the Language and...
Commissioner of Official Languages takes legal recourse against CBC/Radio-Canadaarchived
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser took legal recourse in Federal Court today against CBC/Radio-Canada, following his investigation into June 2009 budget cuts at the CBEF station in Windsor.
Commissioner of Official Languages launches investigation into Government of Canada decision to eliminate the long-form questionnaire for 2011 Censusarchived
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Canadian Forces still has work to do before its training system can be truly bilingual, says Graham Fraserarchived
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages, said today that “the Canadian Forces still has work to do before Francophone and Anglophone military personnel can say they have equal access to instruction in their own language.”
Graham Fraser Concerned about Government’s Laissez-Faire Approach, Calls for More Assertive Leadershiparchived
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
In his fourth annual report, released today, Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser expressed his concerns about the impact of the government’s laissez-faire approach to official languages in the federal public service.
Media Advisoryarchived
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, the Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, will submit to Parliament Volume. I of his 2009–2010 annual report. The Commissioner will hold a news conference on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. at the National Press Gallery, 150 Wellington Street, in Ottawa....
TFO’s Claudette Paquin wins the Award of Excellence – Promotion of Linguistic Dualityarchived
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, is proud to announce today that Claudette Paquin, Chief Executive Officer of TFO, is the second recipient of the Award of Excellence – Promotion of Linguistic Duality.
Raymond DesRochers deserves a place in the history of language rights, says Graham Fraserarchived
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, has expressed his condolences following the death of Franco-Ontarian Raymond DesRochers yesterday. Mr. Fraser stressed Mr. DesRochers’ contribution to the advancement of language rights.
The Commissioner of Official Languages presents development approaches for the Calgary Francophone communityarchived
Friday, April 23, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, today made public a study on development perspectives that will help enhance the vitality of the Calgary Francophone community.
The Commissioner of Official Languages presents development approaches for the British Columbia Francophone communityarchived
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, today made public a study on development perspectives that could help enhance the vitality of the British Columbia Francophone community.
The Commissioner of Official Languages presents development approaches for the Saskatchewan Francophone communityarchived
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, presented a study today in Regina on development perspectives that will enhance the vitality of rural Francophone communities in Saskatchewan.
Graham Fraser is pleased that all Canadians will be able to watch the Olympic Games in the official language of their choicearchived
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, is pleased today with the conclusion of an agreement that will allow for equitable access to French-language broadcasts of the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic games, thanks to the CPAC television service.
Official languages slow to take off at the Halifax airport, says Graham Fraserarchived
Thursday, January 21, 2010
An audit report published today by the Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, shows that the Halifax Airport Authority has only just begun to take action to meet its linguistic obligations, ten years after assuming full responsibility for managing the airport.
