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Ontario. Bureau du coordonateur provincial des services en langue française
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Office of the Government Coordinator of French Language Services
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The Office of the Government Coordinator of French Language Services was created in October 1978 within the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, and replaced the Office of the Coordinator on Bilingualism of the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs.
The former Coordinator of Bilingualism, D.W. Stevenson, continued as Government Coordinator. A.J. Charlebois continued as Executive Secretary until his departure in 1983. In addition to his position as Co-ordinator of French Language Services, Stevenson was also the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
During 1983, Clément Sauvée, the Secretary of the Policy and Priorities Board of Cabinet, was appointed to the position of Government Co-ordinator of French Language Services. Sauve was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Minister of French-Language services for the Ministry of Health in 1985 and the Office of the Government Co- ordinator was transferred to the authority of the Minister of Health who was also Minister responsible for French Language Services. In June, 1985 the Office of the Government Co- ordinator was replaced with the Office for Francophone Affairs.
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The Government Coordinator of French Language Services was responsible for co-ordinating the individual French-language programs of all agencies of the Ontario government, and making recommendations to the Government that would further the development of these services. In addition the Coordinator was the chairman of an Interministerial Committee of Coordinators whose members were responsible for developing French language services in their respective ministries.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1970-1978.
Annual reports of the Office of the Government Coordinator of French Language Services, 1979-1984.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Serge Paquet