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What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

Explore the official language groups in Canada, the importance of official bilingualism, and the rights and identity of Francophones. Learn about Francophone schools, French immersion, and the impact of official bilingualism on Canadian society.

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What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

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  1. What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

  2. What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

  3. What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

  4. Official Language Groups

  5. ReviewDefine the following terms • Anglophone • Francophone • Official Language

  6. Official Language Groups • French and English were earliest settlers of North America • French primarily found in what is now known as Atlantic Canada.

  7. Official Language Groups • 1774 • Recognized and guaranteed French Rights and identity • BNA Act 1867: legislation protected bilingualism and biculturalism

  8. Official Language Groups • Official Languages Act of 1969 officially protects and recognizes Canada’s two used languages • Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982: Further enshrines language and cultural rights of Francophones and Anglophones

  9. Official Billingualism • Section 16 to 20 of Charter • 16. (1) English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.

  10. Official Billingualism • 17. (1) Everyone has the right to use English or French in any debates and other proceedings of Parliament.  • 18. (1) The statutes, records and journals of Parliament shall be printed and published in English and French and both language versions are equally authoritative.  • 19. (1) Either English or French may be used by any person in, or in any pleading in or process issuing from, any court established by Parliament. 

  11. Official Billingualism • 20. (1) Any member of the public in Canada has the right to communicate with, and to receive available services from, any head or central office of an institution of the Parliament or government of Canada in English or French, and has the same right with respect to any other office of any such institution where

  12. Minority Language Education Rights • 23. (1) Citizens of Canada • (a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or • (b) who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and reside in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province, have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province. 

  13. How do the collective rights and identity of Francophones reflect and affirm their rights?

  14. Official Language Groups • Official Language Minorities: Exist all over Canada within the larger population • Sometimes mix, sometimes remain distinct • In some cases, the languages spoken are not officially recognized

  15. Francophone schools versus French Immersion • Francophone Schools • Provide instruction for students whose first language is French • Right is protected under section 23 of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms • Publicly funded • French Immersion Schools • Taught in French but not for those whose first language is French • Not under section 23 • Publicly funded

  16. How does official billingualism help create a society in which all Canadians belong?

  17. Since the 1982 Charter • 2005 Supreme Court Decision • Francophone parents do NOT have a right to educate their children in Anglophone schoools • Contradicts the intent of section 23 • What is the intent of section 23? Why are Francophone parents in Quebec not allowed to send their children to Anglophone schools? • New immigrants to Quebec must also send children to Francophone schools unless they have already received instruction in English

  18. Since the 1982 Charter • Signs in Quebec must make French displayed more prominent than English

  19. Official Language Groups What about other language communities that are not official?

  20. What about other language groups? • Richmond Vancouver population of 53% Chinese • Bylaw stated that Signs should contain 50-per-cent English • http://www.vancouversun.com/news/douglas+todd+richmond+toughens+stance+chinese+language+signs/11597065/story.html What is the intent of section 23?

  21. Homework • Complete Notes Chart on Metis Rights by reading pages 152 to 159 • Done? Start on Collective Rights Handbook

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