Short Title Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the  Court Challenges Program Act . 1995, c. 11 Department of Canadian Heritage Act 2 Section 5 of the  Department of Canadian Heritage Act  is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (a) and by adding the following after that paragraph: (a.1) establish and implement an independently administered program whose objective is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi- constitutional  official language rights and human rights; and 3 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 5: Annual report 5.1 (1) On or before April 1 of each year, the independent organization responsible for administering the program established under paragraph 5(a.1) shall submit to the Minister a report on the administration of the program, in which it shall set out a summary of its organizational activities to demonstrate the impact of its work and provide a transparent picture of the direction, goals and financial performance of the program, as well as an overview of the cases that received funding in the previous calendar year. Tabling in Parliament (2) The Minister shall cause the annual report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives the report. Transitional Provision Court Challenges Program 4 The Court Challenges Program that was originally established in 1978 by the Government of Canada and that has been administered since 2019 by the University of Ottawa is deemed to have been established under paragraph 5(a.1) of the  Department of Canadian Heritage Act , as enacted by section 2 of this Act.