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.
[16]      En droit constitutionnel canadien, plus précisément en matière de droits à l’éducation [Art. 23 Charte canadienne des droits et libertés] la communauté Néo-Brunswickoise francophone est une « Communauté linguistique minoritaire », jouissant ainsi d’un statut et de droits particuliers, communs aux autres communautés linguistiques francophones ou anglophones en position minoritaires au pays. [16]      In Canadian constitutional law, and more specifically for the purposes of educational rights [s. 23, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms], New Brunswick’s Francophone community is a “Minority Linguistic Community” and therefore enjoys the special status and rights common to other Francophone and Anglophone minority linguistic communities across the country.
[18]      Le 10 août 2016 et dans le cadre de la présente instance (MM-85-2016) cette Cour accorda aux Requérants que leur Requête, déposée le 6 juillet 2016, soit immédiatement modifiée en procédure par Action, autorisant ainsi les Requérants à plaider des recours fondés sur la Charte Canadienne des droits et libertés. [18]      On August 10, 2016, and as part of these proceedings (MM-85-2016), this Court allowed the Applicants to convert their Application, filed on July 6, 2016, immediately into a procedure by Action, thereby authorizing the Applicants to argue for remedies based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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