Supporting the Vitality
of Canada's Minority
Language Communities.

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The International Observatory on Language Rights

The International Observatory on Language Rights aims, on the one hand, to promote the vitality of minority language communities in Canada by urging these communities to take part in the development of their rights and, on the other hand, to acquaint other countries with the Canadian experience by sharing with them how Canada has dealt with its official languages problems. Conversely, the Observatory hopes to help Canadians gain better insight into the linguistic situation in other countries, thereby providing an opportunity to learn from their experience, and offering different problem-solving avenues.
An opinion piece written by the Director of the International Observatory on Language Rights, Professor Érik Labelle Eastaugh, was published in the Telegraph Journal today, supporting the declaration of the unconstitutionality of the appointment of a unilingual person to the position of Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. The article is intended to clarify certain principles regarding the substantive equality of New Brunswick's two official languages and two official language communities, and demonstrates the validity of the decision of Justice DeWare, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick.

The article is available on the Telegraph Journal's website (paid access)

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