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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.
The Province seeks an order from this Court setting aside the awards of special costs to the L'Association des parents de l'école Rose-des-vents and Mr. Pagé, in his name and as a representative of parents of children enrolled at l'école élémentaire Rose-des-vents, (collectively, "the Parents") and the Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Columbie-Britannique (the "CSF") by the Supreme Court judge [the judge] and an order that it be granted its costs of the appeal.

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The Province contends that as it succeeded on its appeal, the award of special costs by the judge should be set aside and the matter of the costs in the trial court remitted to the rehearing judge for determination following the rehearing, citing as examples of such a result the decisions of this Court in Durant v. Leonard, 2001 BCCA 449 at paras. 16-17 and BMF Trading, a Partnership v. Abraxis Holdings Ltd., 2004 BCCA 12 at paras. 3-4.
(par. 1, 9)

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