Currently, when a complainant goes to the Federal Court of Canada, the court of course has the power to award damages, but the complainant must prove that he sustained harm due to the violation of his language rights.
It is quite a rigorous exercise, one that may discourage a certain number of people. There is a mechanism in the law pursuant to which certain violations automatically cause damages to be awarded. A range would be determined. Certain violations would be punished, taking into account a range of financial penalties. The complainant would not have to prove injury following a violation of his language rights. As soon as the breach was demonstrated, the court could award damages.
So that would be a more powerful mechanism than what is currently in the law.