Name __________________________________ Date _________________________ Ad Activity 4.2
SS9 Chapter 4: To What Extent has Canada Validated Collective Rights?
I Can Statement: I can explain what collective rights official language groups have under the Charter.
Instructions: Read through the pages to fill-in-the-blanks.
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What are official language minorities? Page 143
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Official language minorities are those people who do not speak the language of the majority in a province.
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What are the Charter rights of official language groups? Page 145
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Official bilingualism – Sections 16 to 20.
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Minority language education rights – Section 23 ensures publicly funded schools for officially bilingual language groups where the numbers are sufficient.
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The rights of Francophones in Canada today reflect the deep roots of Francophones in Canada’s past. Page 145
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Where do the Charter rights of official language groups come from? Page 146
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Rights for Francophones and Anglophones are part of what made Confederation and so Canada possible.
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Under the BNA Act in 1867, Confederation established Canada as a bicultural, bilingual country with rights for Francophones and Anglophones.
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It made French and English official languages of Canada’s parliament.
Define key terms for the above activity.
Anglophone: a person whose first language is English.
Francophone: a person whose first language is French.
one of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak an official language of Canada – French or English.
Official language minority: a group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages and that does not make up the majority population of a province or territory.
Publicly funded: paid for by taxes and provided by government.
Bicultural: relating to or containing two cultures.
Bilingual: able to speak two languages easily and naturally.
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