The mandate which the government gave to the commission: "to identify and analyze the principal factors which influence the situation and the future of the French language in Quebec, to identify the prospects and the relevant priorities of action, to carry out the examination of the articles of the Charter of the French language concerned and, finally, to present recommendations aiming at ensuring the use, the radiation and the quality of the French language in Quebec.
Its recommendations, 149 in total, are grouped under eight chapters whose names translate to: Chapter 1's eleven recommendations are that a true Quebec citizenship be created, learning French be declared a fundamental right of Quebecers as a consequence of its being the language of citizenship, Quebec acquires complete jurisdiction over the selection of immigrants, and obstacles to immigration resulting from the non-recognition of foreign diplomas be removed.
[6] The commission recommends that steps be taken to reform international conventions on trademarks and federal legislation on business incorporation so that the national languages, cultural and linguistic diversity of countries be better respected.
It is recommendation by the commission that Quebec develops more direct relations with the Acadians, French Canadians and French Americans,[9] that it plays a greater role as part of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie where it is officially represented,[10] that it defends the place of French in the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas,[11] and defends language diversity worldwide through its diplomatic network.
[12] The recommendations of chapter 8 pertains to a proposed reorganization of the institutions responsible to carry out Quebec's language policy.