Office québécois de la langue française
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The Office québécois de la langue française (Canadian French: [ɔfɪs kebekwɑ də la lãɡ fʁãsaɪ̯z], OQLF; English: Quebec Board of the French Language[3]) is a Quebec public provincial organization established on 24 March 1961, by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage. Attached to the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications (Ministry of Culture and Communications), its initial mission, defined in its report of 1 April 1964, was "to align on international French, promote good Canadianisms and fight Anglicisms ... work on the normalization of the language in Quebec and support State intervention to carry out a global language policy that would consider notably the importance of socio-economic motivations in making French the priority language in Quebec".[4]
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The OQLF's main office, located in the old building of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. | |
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Formed | 24 March 1961 |
Headquarters | 125, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec |
Employees | 219 [1] |
Annual budget | C$24.453 million (2018–2019)[1] |
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Website | www |
Its mandate was enlarged by the 1977 Charter of the French Language, which also established two other organizations: the Commission de toponymie (Commission of Toponymy) and the Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Superior Council of the French Language).