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.
[18]      Il s’agit donc de permettre aux plaignants de présenter au tribunal le contexte complet de la situation linguistique au sein de l’institution fédérale de laquelle ils se plaignent, ainsi que d’établir l’existence d’un problème systémique qui persiste depuis déjà un certain temps (voir Canada (Commissaire aux langues officielles) c Air Canada, 77 ACWS (3e ) 1166 aux paras 17-22, [1997] ACF n o 1834 (QL) (CF 1 re inst) [Air Canada 1997 CF avec renvois aux ACWS]; Lavigne c Société canadienne des postes, 2009 CF 756 au para 32; Thibodeau 2005 CF au para 53). Autrement, le Parlement n’aurait pas édicté l’article 79 de la LLO qui se lit comme suit : Sont recevables en preuve dans les recours les renseignements portant sur des plaintes de même nature concernant une même institution fédérale. [18]      Therefore, this allows the complainants to present the tribunal with the complete context of the linguistic situation in the federal institution against which they are complaining, and to establish the existence of a systemic problem that has already persisted for some time (see Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v Air Canada, 77 ACWS (3rd) 1166 at paras 17– 22, [1997] FCJ No. 1834 (QL)(FCTD) [Air Canada 1997 FC with referrals to the ACWS]; Lavigne v Canada Post Corporation, 2009 FC 756 at para 32; Thibodeau 2005 FC at para 53). Otherwise, Parliament would not have enacted section 79 of the OLA, which reads as follows: In proceedings under this Part relating to a complaint against a federal institution, the Court may admit as evidence information relating to any similar complaint under this Act in respect of the same federal institution.

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