We have been talking about language equality for a long time. One major decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Beaulac, talks about substantive equality. I feel that we must codify certain concepts in the act, including substantive language equality.
Substantive equality means that the remedial nature of language rights are recognized. More must be done; we must never forget that the Official Languages Act is quasi-constitutional and, as such, it forms part of our Canadian values. Honestly, we are a long way from that.