<P> In 1969 , the law was adopted with all - party support in the House of Commons . Despite this , there was not universal support for the law . The premiers of the three Prairie provinces requested , early in 1969 , that the Official Languages Bill be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada to determine its constitutionality . They maintained , along with JT Thorson , the former president of the Exchequer Court of Canada , that the bill was outside the powers of the Parliament of Canada . The reference to the court was never made , but the legal question was resolved in 1974 , when the Supreme Court ruled , in Jones v. Attorney General of New Brunswick , that the subject matter of the bill was within federal jurisdiction . </P>
<P> In 1969 , the law was adopted with all - party support in the House of Commons . Despite this , there was not universal support for the law . The premiers of the three Prairie provinces requested , early in 1969 , that the Official Languages Bill be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada to determine its constitutionality . They maintained , along with JT Thorson , the former president of the Exchequer Court of Canada , that the bill was outside the powers of the Parliament of Canada . The reference to the court was never made , but the legal question was resolved in 1974 , when the Supreme Court ruled , in Jones v. Attorney General of New Brunswick , that the subject matter of the bill was within federal jurisdiction . </P>
when was the official languages act passed in canada
when was the official languages act passed in canada
In 1969
In 1969