Franco-Ontarian Bookstore Promotion and Protection Act, 2025
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- Creates the Franco-Ontarian Bookstore Promotion and Protection Act, 2025
- Requires the Minister of Francophone Affairs to appoint a Registrar to accredit Franco-Ontarian bookstores
- Bookstores can apply for accreditation if they sell French-language books and support Franco-Ontarian culture
- Publicly funded institutions must buy French-language books only from accredited Franco-Ontarian bookstores, starting six months after Royal Assent
- Bans predatory pricing and hidden discounts aimed at unfairly capturing institutional book sales
- Allows revocation of a bookstore's accreditation if it breaks these pricing rules
- Lets the Minister create a funded support program for bookstore modernization and lets government agencies be required to support Franco-Ontarian cultural institutions