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Overview

The symposium on official languages Vision and Challenges for the 21^st Century took place on March 2, 3 and 4, 2004.

It was organized by:

• The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages;
• Canadian Heritage;
• Intergovernmental Affairs; and
• Canadian Parents for French.

This symposium brought together stakeholders from various sectors of Canadian society to discuss issues, and propose solutions, with regard to achieving one of the objectives of the federal government’s Action Plan for Official Languages.

This objective is to double by 2013 the number of young Canadians with a knowledge of their second official language.