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FRAMEWORK BILL [4 records]

Record 1 2009-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
OBS

The goal of Quebec' s language framework was to promote French as the primary language used in the province, given its minority status on the continent. This framework was implemented gradually, starting in the 1960s... The Official Language Act(Bill 22), which gave pride of place to French, was enacted in 1974...

Key term(s)
  • Bill 22

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens
OBS

Le régime linguistique au Québec vise à aménager le français comme langue principale utilisée dans la province, compte tenu de son caractère minoritaire à l'échelle continentale. Il se met progressivement en place à partir des années 1960 : [...] La Loi sur la langue officielle (Loi 22), qui met au premier plan le français, est adoptée en 1974 [...]

Key term(s)
  • Loi 22
  • Projet de loi 22

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Language (General)
CONT

The goal of Quebec' s language framework was to promote French as the primary language used in the province, given its minority status on the continent. This framework was implemented gradually, starting in the 1960s : the Office quéécois de la langue française was created in 1961; the Act to Promote the French Language in Québec(Bill 63) was enacted in 1969; the Official Language Act(Bill 22), which gave pride of place to French, was enacted in 1974; the 1977 Charter of the French Language reinforced the use of French in the public sphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
CONT

Le régime linguistique au Québec vise à aménager le français comme langue principale utilisée dans la province, compte tenu de son caractère minoritaire à l'échelle continentale. Il se met progressivement en place à partir des années 1960 : l'Office de la langue française est créé en 1961; la Loi pour promouvoir la langue française au Québec (loi 63) est adoptée en 1969; la Loi sur la langue officielle (loi 22), qui met au premier plan le français, est adoptée en 1974; la Charte de la langue française de 1977 renforce l'usage du français dans l'espace public.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Government Accounting
OBS

Bill C-27, the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act("NFWA"), received royal assent on June 13, 2002. Bill C-27 is a key component of the Government of Canada's 1996 Policy Framework for Radioactive Waste. Under this policy, the federal government, through effective oversight, will ensure that the long-term management of radioactive waste is carried out in a comprehensive, integrated and economically sound manner. As required under the NFWA, owners of nuclear fuel waste established, by incorporation, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization("NWMO"). The NWMO will report regularly to the Federal Government and make recommendations on long-term management of nuclear fuel waste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

In the PACS, the definition of "union" will differ from a marriage - couples will be asked to register at a court, rather than at a town hall, and they will earn the right to a joint tax return after three years of fidelity, compared with instantly for married couples.

OBS

A French law adopted in October 1999 ... allows unmarried heterosexuals and homosexuals to register their unions and have inheritance, housing and social welfare rights, as well as the right to pay joint taxes.

OBS

Compare to the North-American concept of "registered domestic partnership".

OBS

In France, the Civil Solidarity Pact bill would provide a judicial framework for unmarried couples, both heterosexual and homosexual, and tax and inheritance advantages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Cadre juridique spécifique ouvert à tous les couples non mariés, homosexuels ou hétérosexuels, dont les partenaires ne se contentent pas du concubinage, qui est une union libre de nature privée, et ne veulent pas ou ne peuvent pas s'engager dans les liens du mariage (Catherine Tasca, le garde des Sceaux).

CONT

Le Pacs, qui concerne uniquement les couples ayant «toit partagé et lit partagé» serait inscrit dans un registre tenu à la mairie du lieu de naissance de chaque partenaire, ce qui devrait permettre d'éviter de cumuler plusieurs Pacs, ou Pacs et mariage.

OBS

Les signataires d'un Pacs sont des «pacsés».

Spanish

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