R v Roy, [2019] AN-B No 23
| 19 Il est maintenant bien établi que la loi sur les langues officielles est un document quasiconstitutionnel dont le non-respect constitue une violation de la charte canadienne des droits et libertés, R. c. Losier, 2011 NBCA 102 (Can LII) ; R. c. Gaudet [2010] A.N.B. Non 25. Elle a été promulguée pour reconnaître les droits linguistiques conférés par la, Charte et permettre à la législature et au gouvernement de remplir leurs obligations en vertu de la Charte. | 19 It has now settled law that the Official Languages act is a quasi-constitutional document where a breach thereof constitutes a breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, R. v. Losier, 2011 NBCA 102 (Can LII); R. v. Gaudet [2010] A.N.B. No 25. It was enacted to recognize the language rights conferred by the Charter and allow the Legislature and the Government to fulfill their obligations under the Charter. |
| 19 It has now settled law that the Official Languages act is a quasi-constitutional document where a breach thereof constitutes a breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, R. v. Losier, 2011 NBCA 102 (Can LII); R. v. Gaudet [2010] A.N.B. No 25. It was enacted to recognize the language rights conferred by the Charter and allow the Legislature and the Government to fulfill their obligations under the Charter. | 20 R. v. Gaudet has now settled long ago that an active offer of the choice of which official language a detainee wishes to be served must be made by the police at the first moment of contact or at the first opportunity. Gaudet also holds that even without subsection 31 (1) of the Official languages act, the requirement of an active offer is implied. Obviously, in the present case the mandatory active offer was only made after the officer had already spoken to the accused and only after the accused spoke revealing to the officer the accused's thick French accent. |
