TY - BOOK AU - Gaspard,Helaina TI - Canada's Official Languages: Policy Versus Work Practice in the Federal Public Service SN - 9780776623351 (pbk) U1 - 353.70971 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Ottawa PB - University of Ottawa Press KW - Canada KW - Official Languages Act KW - Official Languages Act (1988) KW - Official Languages Act (Canada : 1988) KW - fast KW - Language policy KW - Employees KW - Language KW - Language and languages KW - Law and legislation KW - Officials and employees KW - Languages N1 - Also available in electronic format; Includes bibliographical references and index; "This book is the first in-depth study of the implementation of the policy in the federal public service from 1967 to 2013 in the National Capital Region. Its analysis of language policy confronting actors, ideas, and institutions explains the state of the language of work in the public service today. Canada's official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions; Through an historical institutionalist lens based on extensive archival research and semi-structured interviews, Gaspard shows that the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service could not challenge the predominance of English as the operating language. What emerges is a picture of a lack of structural change, inadequate managerial engagement, and a false sense that both official languages are equally ingrained; This is an incisive, original, and deeply honest study of a defining characteristic in Canada's public service. A must read for all engaged with the federal public service and interested in official languages policy in general." (Book Cover); TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface by Graham Fraser; Introduction; Official Languages and the Federal Public Service; 1. Theoretical Foundations ; The Politics of Language ; Representative Bureaucracy ; Historical Institutionalism and Layering; 2. Check Your Hat and Your Language at the Door (1867-1967); Introduction; The Early Civil Service; Historical Context ; The Strike at Trois-Rivières ; Ernest Lapointe - Prime Minister King's Quebec Lieutenant ; L'Ordre Jacques Cartier ; The Jean Committee; Early Reform Efforts; The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and Prime Minister Pearson's Promise; Conclusion; 3. The Official Languages Act, 1969 (1968-1972); Introduction; Adopting the OLA 1969; Charting a Course for Implementation ; French-Language Units (FLUs) ; Bilingual Districts; Linguistic Designation of Positions; Conclusion; 4. If At First You Don't Succeed, Layer, Layer, and Then Layer Again (1973-1981) ; Introduction; The 1973 Parliamentary Resolution on Official Languages; Decentralizing Program Management; The Gens de l'Air Crisis and National Unity; Reorganizing and Restructuring the Public Service; Management-centric Changes to the Official Languages Program (1981); Conclusion; 5. The OLA 1988 and Part V: The Right to Choose Your Language of Work (1982-2013); Introduction; Maintaining the Status Quo; Prime Minister Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives and the Official Languages Act; The Official Languages Act, 1988; Part V: Official Language of Work Rights; Implementing Part V; Giving Meaning to Part V; Conclusion; CONCLUSION: Ideas, Institutions, and Actors ; Ideas ; Institutions ; Actors ; Conclusion; Appendix: Principal Actors ; Department of the Secretary of State ; Treasury Board Secretariat ; Public Service Commission (PSC) ; Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages ; Staff Unions; Bibliography; Index; Issued also in electronic format UR - https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776623351/canadas-official-languages/ UR - https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/s28b5q/alma991021281499705161 ER -