implement fully the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal of 3 and 9 December 2015. These require that the three judges that were lawfully nominated in October 2015 by the previous legislature can take up their function of judge in the Constitutional Tribunal, and that the three judges nominated by the new legislature without a valid legal basis do not take up the post of judge without being validly elected; publish and implement fully the judgment of 9 March 2016 of the Constitutional Tribunal, as well as all subsequent judgments and ensure that the publication of future judgments is automatic and does not depend on any decision of the executive or legislative powers; ...[+++]ensure that any reform of the Law on the Constitutional Tribunal respects the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal, including the judgments of 3 and 9 December 2015 and the judgment of 9 March 2016, and takes the Opinion of the Venice Commission fully into account; ensure that the effectiveness of the Constitutional Tribunal as a guarantor of the Constitution is not undermined by requirements, whether separately or through their combined effect; ensure that the Constitutional Tribunal can review the compatibility of the new law adopted on 22 July 2016 on the Constitutional Tribunal before its entry into force and publish and implement fully the judgment of the Tribunal in that respect; refrain from actions and public statements which could undermine the legitimacy and efficiency of the Constitutional Tribunal.

(a) ensure respect for English and French as the official languages of Canada and ensure equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all federal institutions, in particular with respect to their use in parliamentary proceedings, in legislative and other instruments, in the administration of justice, in communicating with or providing services to the public and in carrying out the work of federal institutions;

(a) ensure respect for English and French as the official languages of Canada and ensure equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all federal institutions, in particular with respect to their use in parliamentary proceedings, in legislative and other instruments, in the administration of justice, in communicating with or providing services to the public and in carrying out the work of federal institutions;

I understand that your Assembly is currently dealing with very important draft legislation such as the penal code.

It also dismays me to some extent to hear people in this House – also for whom I have enormous respect – express the view that this legislation is motivated by, of all things, lobbying of the pharmaceutical industry.

Two of its obligations are: to support the development of francophone and anglophone minorities and, in general terms, within Canadian society, move toward equality of the status and usage of French and English; and to promote the equality of French and English in terms of their use in federal institutions, including where it concerns the debates and work of Parliament, statutes and other instruments, the administration of justice, communication with the public, the delivery of services and the implementation of the objectives of these institutions.