Acts and Regulations

O-0.5 - Official Languages Act

Section 5.1
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Implementation plan
5.1(1)The Province shall prepare a plan setting out how it will meet its obligations under this Act, and the plan shall include the following:
(a) goals and objectives with respect to its obligations under this Act;
(b) measures to ensure the equality of status of the two linguistic communities;
(c) measures to ensure the equality of use of the English and French language in the public service;
(d) measures to ensure that language of work is considered when identifying work groups within the public service and when developing language profiles for positions in the public service;
(e) measures to improve the bilingual capacity of senior management in the public service;
(f) measures to provide for the review and the improvement, when necessary, of the public signage policies of the Province, which policies shall include consideration of the two linguistic communities and of the linguistic composition of a region; and
(g) performance measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the measures implemented under the plan and time frames within which they must be implemented.
5.1(2)The Premier is responsible for ensuring central government coordination and oversight of the implementation of the plan prepared under subsection (1).
5.1(3)Each portion of the public service shall prepare an action plan setting out how it will meet the goals and objectives included in the plan prepared under subsection (1) and how it will implement the measures included in that plan.
5.1(4)As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, each portion of the public service shall submit a report to the Premier with respect to the activities under its action plan.
5.1(5)As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year and after receiving the reports under subsection (4), the Premier shall submit a report to the Legislative Assembly with respect to the activities under the plan prepared under subsection (1).
2013, c.38, s.1
Implementation plan
2013, c.38, s.1
5.1(1)The Province shall prepare a plan setting out how it will meet its obligations under this Act, and the plan shall include the following:
(a) goals and objectives with respect to its obligations under this Act;
(b) measures to ensure the equality of status of the two linguistic communities;
(c) measures to ensure the equality of use of the English and French language in the public service;
(d) measures to ensure that language of work is considered when identifying work groups within the public service and when developing language profiles for positions in the public service;
(e) measures to improve the bilingual capacity of senior management in the public service;
(f) measures to provide for the review and the improvement, when necessary, of the public signage policies of the Province, which policies shall include consideration of the two linguistic communities and of the linguistic composition of a region; and
(g) performance measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the measures implemented under the plan and time frames within which they must be implemented.
5.1(2)The Premier is responsible for ensuring central government coordination and oversight of the implementation of the plan prepared under subsection (1).
5.1(3)Each portion of the public service shall prepare an action plan setting out how it will meet the goals and objectives included in the plan prepared under subsection (1) and how it will implement the measures included in that plan.
5.1(4)As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, each portion of the public service shall submit a report to the Premier with respect to the activities under its action plan.
5.1(5)As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year and after receiving the reports under subsection (4), the Premier shall submit a report to the Legislative Assembly with respect to the activities under the plan prepared under subsection (1).
2013, c.38, s.1