CANADA’S CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS STIL LPROTECTING MINORITY LANGUAGE EDUCATION
April 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
IT is now 30 years since Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into being - and the rights it entrenched for Canadian citizens are still being used to defend minority language communities. Only this year, the Prince Edward Island French language school board has used its language provisions to support a lawsuit it has filed against the provincial government. The board, which administrates access to French language education in the predominately English-speaking province, is arguing the Charter establishes that all Canadians have the right ...
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