C-11 - Charter of the French language

Section 138.1 Disposition versions

2022-06-01

138.1. The francization committee shall

(1)  designate, under the second paragraph of section 139.1, a representative to the Office;

(2)  see to the carrying out of the analysis of the language situation, including the drafting of the report setting it out, referred to in the third paragraph of section 139;

(3)  see to the development of the francization program that the enterprise must adopt under the second paragraph of section 140, supervise its implementation and, where necessary, see to the drafting of the report on that subject referred to in the third paragraph of section 143;

(4)  ensure, where an enterprise holds a francization certificate issued under section 140 or 145, that the use of French remains generalized within the enterprise and see to the drafting of the three-year report referred to in the second paragraph of section 146; and

(5)  at the request of the management of the enterprise, give its opinion on the employer’s practice of requiring a person to have knowledge or a specific level of knowledge of a language other than the official language in order to keep or obtain a position and on the means taken to avoid imposing such a requirement.

The committee may establish subcommittees to assist it in the exercise of its functions.

In addition, the management of the enterprise shall allow the committee to participate in the activities intended to inform the personnel on the implementation of any francization program or on the progression of the use of French in the enterprise.

1983, c. 56, s. 30; 1993, c. 40, s. 49; 2022, c. 14, s. 82.

1993-12-22

138.1. (Replaced).

1983, c. 56, s. 30; 1993, c. 40, s. 49.

1984-02-01

138.1. Where, in a business firm that is required to hold a francization certificate, the French language does not enjoy, in the opinion of the Office, the status that francization programmes are designed to ensure, the firm shall adopt a francization programme and have it approved by the Office within such time as the Office prescribes by regulation.

1983, c. 56, s. 30.