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.
[3]        Pour l’essentiel, le demandeur recherche une déclaration à l’effet que l’article 3 de la LCDP est inconstitutionnel en raison de sa violation au droit à l’égalité garanti par l’article 15 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, partie I de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, constituant l’annexe B de la Loi de 1982 sur le Canada (R-U), 1982, c-11 [Charte]. Du même coup, la Cour devrait incorporer à l’article 3 de la LCDP les trois nouveaux motifs de distinction via la technique judiciaire du reading-in – à moins que la Cour ne préfère prescrire un autre remède constitutionnel, comme une déclaration d’inopérabilité. Par conséquent, les décisions contestées devraient être annulées et les plaintes examinées au mérite par la Commission. [3]        Essentially, the applicant is seeking a declaration that section 3 of the CHRA is unconstitutional because it violates the equality rights guaranteed by section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.), 1982, c. 11 [Charter]. He is also asking the Court to incorporate the three new grounds of discrimination into section 3 of the CHRA through the “reading-in” technique—unless the Court prefers to order another constitutional remedy, such as a declaration of inoperability. Consequently, the impugned decisions should be set aside, and the Commission should examine the complaints on their merits.

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