New Democrat MPs voted in favour of the 1969 "Official Languages Act", the 1988 "Official Languages Act", and the protections for the two official languages contained in the "Charter of Rights". More recently, the party has edged towards supporting an asymmetrical version of bilingualism. Early in 2008, the party’s languages critic, Yvon Godin, stated that its MPs would vote in favour of a bill, sponsored by the Bloc Québécois, which would cause federal institutions to operate on a French-preferred or French-only basis in Quebec.