An Act respecting the French language

Bill C-238 in 44-1 was a Bloc Quebecois Private Member's Bill respecting the French language as the official language of Quebec in federally regulated workplaces. The bill paralleled Quebec's Bill 96 of 2022 (Charter of the French Language amendments, R.S.Q. 2022, c. 14) by extending French-language-of-work requirements to federally regulated workplaces (banks, telecoms, federal Crown corporations, interprovincial transport) operating in Quebec. The federal government's separate Bill C-13 (Official Languages Act reform, royal assent June 20, 2023, S.C. 2023, c. 15) achieved much of the same outcome by adding the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act. C-238 itself did not pass third reading on its own.