Bill n°14 : An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of human rights and freedoms and other legislative provisions

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Sponsor

De Courcy, Diane,	Minister responsible for the Charter of the French language

Type

Public du gouvernement

This bill

was introduced during the 40^th Legislature, 1^st Session

Stages in the consideration of a bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assembly)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of human rights and freedoms and other legislative provisions (PDF,  886 KB) 
• Sitting held on December 5, 2012

General consultation

• Committee on Culture and Education
• General consultation and public hearings on Bill 14 : An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of human rights and freedoms and other legislative provisions
• Sitting held on March 12, 2013
• Sitting held on March 14, 2013
• Sitting held on March 19, 2013
• Sitting held on March 20, 2013
• Sitting held on March 22, 2013
• Sitting held on March 26, 2013
• Sitting held on March 27, 2013
• Sitting held on March 28, 2013
• Sitting held on April 9, 2013
• Sitting held on April 10, 2013
• Sitting held on April 11, 2013
• Sitting held on April 12, 2013
• Sitting held on April 16, 2013
• Sitting held on April 17, 2013
• Sitting held on April 18, 2013

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• The report from the Committee on Culture and Education, which, on 12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 and 28 March and on 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18 April 2013, held public hearings within the framework of a general consultation on Bill 14, An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of human rights and freedoms and other legislative provisions (PDF,  3 MB) 
• Sitting held on April 23, 2013

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on April 30, 2013 (débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on May 1, 2013 (poursuite du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on May 2, 2013 (poursuite du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on May 7, 2013 (poursuite du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on May 8, 2013 (poursuite du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on May 16, 2013 (poursuite du débat puis ajournement)