An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages (S.C. 2023, c. 15)

67 Section 12.02 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Minister of Canadian Heritage

68 The Minister of Canadian Heritage may, until the day on which the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act, as enacted by section 54, comes into force, take any measure or carry out any activity in Canada that the Minister considers necessary for the implementation of sections 12 and 13 of that Act.

PART 3Coordinating Amendments and Coming into Force

Coordinating Amendments

Marginal note:This Act

69 On the first day on which both sections 37 and 54 of this Act are in force,

• (a) subsection 16(4) of the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Non-application

    (4) Section 56, subsections 65(3) and (4), sections 65.1 to 65.95 and subsection 66(3) of the Official Languages Act do not apply in respect of complaints or investigations relating to a right or duty under section 7.

• (b) subsection 19(6) of the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Non-application

    (6) Section 56, subsections 65(3) and (4), sections 65.1 to 65.95 and subsection 66(3) of the Official Languages Act do not apply in respect of the complaint.

Marginal note:Bill C-11

• 70 (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if Bill C-11, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled the Online Streaming Act (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.

• (2) On the first day on which both section 2 of the other Act and section 21 of this Act are in force, paragraph 2(3)(b) of the Broadcasting Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) the commitment of the Government of Canada to enhance the vitality of English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada and to support and assist their development, taking into account their uniqueness, diversity and historical and cultural contributions to Canadian society, as well as to foster the full recognition and use of both English and French in Canadian society.

• (3) On the first day on which both section 30 of the other Act and section 21 of this Act are in force, section 42.1 of the Official Languages Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Recognition — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

  42.1 The Government of Canada recognizes that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in carrying out its purposes under the Broadcasting Act and subject to any applicable orders and regulations of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, contributes through its activities to enhancing the vitality of the English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada and to the protection and promotion of both official languages. This recognition is made while respecting the freedom of expression and the journalistic, creative and programming independence enjoyed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:First anniversary

• 71 (1) Section 12 comes into force on the first anniversary of the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

• Marginal note:Second anniversary

  (1.1) Subsections 16(3.1) and (5) come into force on the second anniversary of the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  (2) Section 23 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  (3) Subsections 36(2) to (4), section 37, subsection 38(2), section 39 and subsections 43(1) and (3) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  (4) The provisions of the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act, as enacted by section 54, and sections 64 to 67 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Second anniversary

  (5) Sections 55 to 57.1, subsections 58(1) and 59(1) to (3) and (5) and sections 60 to 63 come into force on the second anniversary of the day fixed under subsection (4).

• Marginal note:Order in council

  (6) Subsection 58(2) comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  (7) Subsection 59(4) comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.