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LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS

LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS. What is an official language minority What rights does the CCRF give official language groups What impact has Minority education rights had in Alberta. JUST WHAT IS AN OFFICAL LANGUAGE MINORITY?.

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LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS

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  1. LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS

    What is an official language minority What rights does the CCRF give official language groups What impact has Minority education rights had in Alberta
  2. JUST WHAT IS AN OFFICAL LANGUAGE MINORITY? A group that speaks one of Canada’s two official languages and that does not make up the majority of the population of a province or territory In all provinces except Quebec, Francophone are the minority language group In Nunavut, both English and French are minority language groups
  3. WHAT ARE THE CHARTER RIGHTS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE GROUPS Section 16 and 20 of the CCRF establish English and French as the official languages of Canada These sections also establish New Brunswick as officially bilingual Section 23 says that a sufficient minority speaking population in any province has the right to publicly funded schools to serve their language minority http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/charter/charter.text.html
  4. WHAT PAST LEGISLATION PROVIDED PROTECTIONS FOR FRANCOPHONES The Quebec Act in 1774 Recognized the rights of Francophones to their language and identity The BNA Act in 1867 Establishes Canada as a bilingual, bicultural nation The Official Languages Act in 1969 Reasserts the equality of French and English as official languages of Canada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtpxHD44XS8
  5. WHAT IMPACT HAS MINORITY EDUCATION RIGHTS HAD IN ALBERTA In 1983 Francophone parents in Alberta launched a Charter challenge for the provision of French language schools in Alberta The first two publicly funded Francophone schools opened in Edmonton and Calgary The court case took until 1990, and the Supreme Court upheld this right
  6. WHAT IMPACT HAS MINORITY EDUCATION RIGHTS HAD IN ALBERTA Today Alberta has 26 publicly funded Francophone schools governed by five school boards Wolf Creek Public Schools have no Francophone Schools but do have French Immersion Schools in Lacombe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OApB1T3SF7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMa5mgQWpvI
  7. BILL 101 AND LANGUAGE RIGHTShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msMpCcA6EM0 In 1977, Quebec passed Bill 101, was designed to protect and promote the use of the French language in Quebec As a result of the CCRF, there were two notable challenges to Bill 101
  8. COMMERCIAL SIGNS AND FRENCH The rule was, commercial signs may only use French Using Section 23, Anglophone businesses seek the right to use English on signs in 1988 Decision: The law can require signs to use French, but cannot prohibit the use of English in addition. The law can require French to be more prominent than English. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=39ecfa76-37a9-499f-97ce-c398a18dce88
  9. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUACTION AND BILL 101 The rule was, Francophones and immigrants must send their children to francophone schools Under Section 23, Francophone and immigrant parents seek the right to educate their children in English in 2005 The Decision Francophone parents do not have the right to English instruction. Immigrant parents have the right, if their children have already received some instruction in English
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