Editing Official Language Act (Quebec) (section)

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The legislation was drafted in an attempt to follow the recommendations of the [[Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec]]. The act made French the official language in a number of areas:<ref>{{cite web|title=Speaking out: Quebec's debate over language laws|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/bill-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614205151/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/bill-22|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2012|work=CBC News|publisher=CBC News|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charter of the French Language, RSQ, c C-11|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/laws/stat/rsq-c-c-11/latest/rsq-c-c-11.html|work=CanLii|publisher=Canadian Legal Information Institute|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>

*Language of services (had to be primarily offered in French)
*Language of commercial signing (the use of French was required)
*Language of labour relations and business (businesses wanting to deal with the state had to apply for francization programs, French had to be included in all labels and communications, and products and services needed French marketing materials).
*Language of instruction (English-language public school was restricted to children who had a "sufficient" knowledge of this language)
*Language of legislation and justice (priority was given to French texts in case of ambiguity).