Charter of the French Language for the English instruction not on the basis of a parent having received his instruction in English in "Canada", but in "Quebec" only. This came to be amended following the adoption of the "Constitution Act 1982", which defined the educational right of French and English minorities in all provinces under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Office québécois de la langue française, informally known as the "language police", is the commission responsible for conducting the policy pertaining to linguistic officialization, toponymy and francization of civil administration and enterprises. It also has the mission of "monitoring
Official language Official language An official language is a language given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a country's official language refers to the language used within government (judiciary, legislature, administration). Since "the means of expression of a people cannot be changed by any law", the term "official language" does not typically refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government. About half the countries of the world have declared one or more official languages. The government of Italy officialised Italian only in 1999, and some nations (such as the