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of Canada's Minority
Language Communities.

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The International Observatory on Language Rights

The International Observatory on Language Rights aims, on the one hand, to promote the vitality of minority language communities in Canada by urging these communities to take part in the development of their rights and, on the other hand, to acquaint other countries with the Canadian experience by sharing with them how Canada has dealt with its official languages problems. Conversely, the Observatory hopes to help Canadians gain better insight into the linguistic situation in other countries, thereby providing an opportunity to learn from their experience, and offering different problem-solving avenues.
1 Le paragraphe 1(7) de la Loi relative aux langues officielles, chapitre 38 des Lois du Nouveau-Brunswick de 2013, est abrogé et remplacé par ce qui suit : 1 Subsection 1(7) of An Act Respecting Official Lan-guages, chapter 38 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2013, is repealed and the following is substituted:
1(7) La Loi est modifiée par l’adjonction de ce qui suit après l’article 41 : 1(7) The Act is amended by adding after section 41 the following:
Associations professionnelles Professional associations
41.1(1) Dans le présent article, « association professionnelle » s’entend d’une organisation de personnes qui, par loi provinciale, est habilitée à admettre, à suspendre ou à expulser des personnes relativement à l’exercice d’une profession ou à leur imposer des exigences à l’égard de cet exercice. 41.1(1) In this section, “professional association” means an organization of persons that, by an Act of the Legislature, has the power to admit persons to or suspend or expel persons from the practice of a profession or occupation or impose requirements on persons with respect to the practice of a profession or occupation.
41.1(2) Lorsqu’elle exerce l’un quelconque des pouvoirs mentionnés au paragraphe (1), l’association professionnelle : 41.1(2) When a professional association exercises a power referred to in subsection (1), the professional association
a) dispense dans les deux langues officielles les services et les communications liés à cet exercice; a) shall provide services and communications related to the exercise of that power in both official languages, and
b) s’agissant de son pouvoir d’imposer des exigences, s’assure que quiconque peut satisfaire à ces exigences dans la langue officielle de son choix. b) with respect to its power to impose requirements, shall ensure that a person is able to fulfil those requirements in the official language of his or her
choice.
41.1(3) Nul ne peut être défavorisé du fait qu’il a exercé son droit de choisir la langue officielle dans laquelle il satisfait aux exigences qu’impose l’association professionnelle. 41.1(3) No person shall be placed at a disadvantage by reason of exercising his or her right to choose an official language in which to fulfil requirements imposed by a professional association
41.1(4) L’association professionnelle offre au public ses services et ses communications dans les deux langues officielles.  41.1(4) A professional association shall offer its services and communications to members of the public in both official languages.

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