Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language Rights in Québec (Gendron Commission)
The
Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language
Rights in Québec (1969–1973) is a royal inquiry commission set up by the
government under Jean-Jacques Bertrand. Noting the inequality between the English and French languages and the federal state’s hesitancy
to take measures to encourage the independence and general development of the
French Canadian population, the Gendron Commission elaborated a series of
recommendations which led to the adoption of the Language Acts in 1974 and 1977
(see Quebec
Language Policy).