CHPC Committee Report

Preamble

That Bill C-316, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 13 and 14 on page 1 with the following:

“Whereas it is of utmost importance that it be possible to bring before the courts test cases of na-”

Clause 2

That Bill C-316, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 10 to 16 on page 2 with the following:

“(a.1) establish and implement the program referred to in section 7.1 of this Act and paragraph 43(1)(c) of the Official Languages Act that is administered by an organization independent of the Government of Canada and whose purpose is to provide funding for test cases of national significance to be brought before the courts to clarify and assert constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and constitutional human rights that are guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and”

Clause 3

That Bill C-316, in Clause 3, be amended by

(a) replacing lines 19 to 21 on page 2 with the following:

“5.1 (1) The independent organization responsible for administering the program referred to in section 7.1 of this Act and paragraph 43(1)(c) of the Official Languages Act shall, each year, submit to”

(b) replacing line 28 on page 2 with the following:

“ous year and any outreach and promotional activities that were conducted with groups affected by these cases.”

That Bill C-316, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 28 on page 2 the following:

“(1.1) The annual report shall also state, for each of the program’s two components, the number of applications that were denied funding.”

Clause 4

Clause 4 is deleted.