Canada's language policy has always been built on two objectives. Number one is the protection of minority language communities, and number two is promoting linguistic duality across Canada.
This goes back all the way to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. It has been about minority language education, for example, as well as second language learning.
This vision was then reflected in the Official Languages Act, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and a number of existing measures and instruments.
All of these instruments affirm the same principle: English and French have equal status, and they have to be promoted throughout the country, both for minorities and for the majority.