The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms lays down that:
French and English are equal to each other as official languages;
debate in Parliament may take place in either official language;
laws shall be printed in both official languages, with equal authority;
anyone may deal with any court established by Parliament, in either official language;
everyone has the right to receive services from the federal government in his or her choice of official language;
members of a minority language group of one of the official languages IF learned and still understood (i.e. French speakers in a majority English-speaking province, or vice versa) or received primary school education in that language has the right to have their children receive a public education in their language, where numbers warrant.
At the provincial level, New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province, a status specifically guaranteed by the Charter of Rights, with its citizens having the same language rights at the provincial level as all citizens of Canada have at the federal level. While no other province is officially bilingual, most provincial governments do offer some type of service to their English or French minority populations.
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Thursday, November 25, 2004
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