Canada adopted its first "Official Languages Act" in 1969, in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. The current "Official Languages Act" was adopted in 1988 to improve the 1969 law's efforts to address two basic policy objectives: (1) to specify the powers, duties and functions of federal institutions relevant to official languages; (2) to support the development of linguistic minority communities. As well, following the adoption in 1982 of the "Charter of Rights", it was necessary to create a legislative framework within which the Government of Canada could respect its new constitutional obligations regarding the official languages.