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LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATION 1
We recommend that the Department of Justice build upon the implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act by instituting a regulatory framework governing the administrative actions of federal institutions. We call upon the Department to work with official language communities on this question.
RECOMMENDATION 2
We recommend a renewed commitment by the Department of Justice so that the judgment in Beaulac may be implemented diligently and effectively. Concrete initiatives to achieve this must be included in the Department of Justice action plan. It is imperative that Crown Counsel and Crown agents who conduct prosecutions on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada act in accordance with the principles stated in the Beaulac judgement.
RECOMMENDATION 3
We recommend that the Department of Justice:
| | • | inform the Committee by September 30, 2002, of the measures it intends to take in following up on the “l’État des lieux” study concerning access to justice in the official languages, so that causes related to the federal statutes administered by the provincial judicial systems, such as the Bankruptcy Act and the Divorce Act, may be heard in French and in English with no additional delays; |
| | • | examine, in cooperation with its provincial and territorial counterparts, models for the delivery of judicial services that are most likely to meet the needs of official language communities; |
| | • | assist provincial and territorial governments in implementing the appropriate institutional structures to ensure that parties to proceedings genuinely have access to the justice system in both official languages. |
RECOMMENDATION 4
We recommend that all institutions subject to the Official Languages Act:
| | • | in consultation with the official language communities, adopt action plans and annual reports that provide accurate and impartial information about the main aspects of activities in relation to the support they provide for official language communities; |
| | • | establish monitoring mechanisms enabling them to evaluate the results of the activities set out in their action plan on the implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act; |
| | • | Include qualitative and quantitative performance indicators in the action plans and annual status reports prepared by the departments and agencies concerned, to enable parliamentarians to judge and compare the information they contain in a meaningful fashion. |
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