ARCHIVED – Annual Report on the Operation of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act 2007-2008
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Introduction
On July 21, 1988, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act: An Act for the preservation and enhancement of multiculturalism in Canada received Royal Assent. It was unanimously passed in both the House of Commons and the Senate. While acknowledging Canada’s strong legislative framework for human rights, citizenship, and the prevention of discrimination, the legislation enacted into law Canada’s multiculturalism policy, outlined a specific mandate for the minister responsible for multiculturalism, and assigned all ministers the authority to implement the policy within their respective mandates.
Under section 8 of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, the minister responsible for multiculturalism is required to prepare and table in Parliament an Annual Report on the Operation of the Act. The Report highlights activities carried out across federal institutions and results achieved in the previous fiscal year, in this case April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.
On October 30, 2008 the Honourable Jason Kenney was appointed Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. At the same time, responsibility for multiculturalism was transferred from the Department of Canadian Heritage, to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
The 2007-2008 report is the 20th report tabled in Parliament detailing the Government of Canada’s efforts to implement the multiculturalism policy. It also marks the first multiculturalism annual report to Parliament by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
This report is divided into three parts.
Part 1 details Canada’s shifting demographics related to diversity, demonstrates the evolution of federal practices in twenty years of implementing the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, and looks back on twenty years of reporting to Parliament.
Part 2 highlights the main achievements of the Multiculturalism Program in the past year.
Part 3 describes key achievements and challenges as federal institutions carry out their activities in a way that is sensitive and responsive to the multicultural reality of Canada and provides an overview of various initiatives undertaken across federal institutions to implement the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
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