to the OQLF. The organization has also instituted two committees each chaired by a member of the Board: the Linguistic Officialization Committee and the Language Status Monitoring Committee. Mission and powers Sections 159 to 164 of the Québec Charter of the French Language defines the mission and powers of the commission.: To define and conduct Quebec's policy pertaining to linguistic officialization, terminology and francization of public administration and businesses; (Section 159) To monitor the linguistic situation in Québec and to report thereon to the Minister at least every five years; (Section 160) To see to it that French is the normal and everyday language of work, communication, commerce and business in the civil administration and in enterprises; (Section 161) To assist and inform the civil administration, semipublic agencies, enterprises, associations and natural persons as regards the correction and enrichment of spoken and written French in Québec; (Section 162) To establish the research programmes needed for the application of the Act. (Section 163) To make agreements or take part in joint projects with any person or agency. (Section 164) In 2004, the organization had a yearly budget of $17.8 million. In 2005-2006, the budget rose to $18.5 million, in 2007-2008 to $19.0 million and to $24.453 million in 2018-2019. Members In July 2020, the OQLF's eight members, appointed by the government for a maximum of five years, were: Ginette Galarneau : Présidente-directrice générale (CEO) Alain Bélanger : Professeur agrégé au Centre Urbanisation Culture Société de l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique(INRS) (Associate Professor, Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut national de la recherche scientifique) Denis Bolduc : Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec(FTQ) (Secretary General, Québec Federation of Labour) Juliette Champagne : Sous-ministre adjointe au Secrétariat à la promotion et à la valorisation de la langue française (Assistant Deputy Minister, Secrétariat à la promotion et à la valorisation de la langue française) François Côté : Avocat (Lawyer) Gilles Dulude : Président de Synergroupe Conseils en ressources humaines (2000) inc. (President, Synergroupe Conseils en ressources humaines (2000) Inc.) Chantal Gagnon : Professeure agrégée de traduction commerciale à l'Université de Montréal (Associate Professor of commercial translation at Université de Montréal) Tania Longpré : Enseignante en francisation, chargée de cours et doctorante en didactique des langues à l'Université du Québec à Montréal (Francization teacher, Lecturer and PhD student in language teaching at Université du Québec à Montréal) Services Following its