Les principaux objectifs du projet de loi S-32 touchant le renforcement de l'article 41 visent, premièrement, à clarifier l'engagement du gouvernement fédéral envers les minorités de langues officielles. Deuxièmement, à forcer le gouvernement fédéral à revoir son régime d'application prévu à la partie VII de la Loi sur les langues officielles, articles 42 à 45.
The main objectives of Bill S-32, the purpose of which is to give section 41 some teeth, are as follows: first, to clarify the federal government's commitment to official language minorities; second, to force the federal government to review its implementation system as provided for in Part VII of the Official Languages Act, sections 42 to 45; and, third, in accordance with the Beaulac ruling, to submit section 41 of the Official Languages Act to the rules of interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as defined by the Supreme Court of Canada.