We need an act. We don't need regulations.
We do need regulations. The government promised us regulations in 1988, when your predecessors passed the present Official Languages Act. However, there's only one regulation, and it was revised only once to take the Internet into consideration.
No regulations have ever been made to implement parts II, III or VII. In fact, no regulations have been made to implement any of the parts.
The future of official languages in Canada depends on very clear and precise guidelines being set forth by Parliament. Those guidelines may or may not lead to regulations, but they can't be contingent on the goodwill of those who exercise executive power. They may never make regulations, as the past 40 years have essentially demonstrated.