ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — The Senate
Notice of Motion Pertaining to Section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982
November 24, 2021
Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond
Honourable senators, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:
That the Senate:
1.recall that, despite the commitment found in section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 to have a fully bilingual Constitution, as of today, of the 31 enactments that make up the Canadian Constitution, 22 are official only in their English version, including almost all of the Constitution Act, 1867; and
2.call upon the government to consider, in the context of the review of the Official Languages Act, the addition of a requirement to submit, every five years, a report detailing the efforts made to comply with section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982.