What are official language minorities?
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- What are official language minorities
- What is a Francophone School
- What are the Charter rights of official language groups Official bilingualism
- The rights of Francophones in Canada today reflect the deep roots of Francophones in Canada’s past.
- How has the Charter affected Francophone education Where do the Charter rights of official language groups come from
- Did YOU KNOW Two legislations called into question the right of official language minorities
- Manitoba School Act, 1892
- The Charter and Francophone Education rights in Alberta
- Putting Francophone Rights into Action
- How does the Charter affect Francophone identity in Quebec
Name ________________________________ Date ___________________________ Activity 4.2 Key What Collective Rights Do Official Language Groups Have Under the Charter?
Charter rights for the official language groups come from the BNA Act of 1867 whereby, Canada was established as a bicultural and bilingual nation (Parliament). Moreover, it guaranteed the English speaking Protestant minority in Quebec and the French speaking Catholic minority in the rest of Canada the right to public schools.
Two legislations called into question the right of official language minorities: Haultain Resolution and North-West Territories Ordinance Number 22 The resolution made the Territories’ assembly officially English and the ordinance demanded that school instruction would be in English. Manitoba School Act, 1892 Got rid of publicly funded Catholic Schools and made Manitoba an officially Anglophone province.
When the Constitution was brought home by Trudeau in 1982, the federal government renewed its commitment to official language rights by the enactment of section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In Alberta, the section 23 has affected Francophone Schools and its boards. First, by 1983, parents begin to lobby for official minority language schools. Today there are 26 Francophone schools in the province. Next, in 1990, the Supreme Court affirms a Francophone parent challenge to establish Francophone school boards. Today, there are 25 Francophone school boards outside of Quebec.
To put your rights into action you first need to understand them and then educate people as to what they mean. In the case of section 23 of the Charter this put some people’s noses out of joint but it was essential to maintaining a Francophone identity. The majority of people don’t require official supports to maintain their identity because they are already there. However, minorities require these supports to avoid being assimilated which allows them the chance to legitimize their cultural identity.
Quebec through it introduction of Bill 101 sought to stop businesses from using English on their signs and to prevent immigrant and Francophones from attending any schools other than Francophone. The Supreme Court, under Freedom of expression allowed English to appear on signs in a less prominent way than French on business signs. Next, it ruled against immigrants seeking Anglophone schools sighting section 23 which intent is to protect Francophone identity however, if the immigrant already had English educational instruction they could continue it. Directory: assignments -> sta -> Grade-Nine -> Social%20Studies -> Chapter%204%20Collective%20Rights -> Formative%20Assessment assignments -> Programming #2 Assembly Programming Language assignments -> Review of Agency Inaction Under the apa assignments -> Sd 142 Final Exam 2002 Name: Student # assignments -> Benha University Mechanical Engineering Department First term (2014-2015) assignments -> CS395/495 20 Computer Security Project #3 Winter 2005 Important Dates assignments -> Department of computer science & Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln assignments -> Power of stories Formative%20Assessment -> SS9 Chapter 4: To What Extent has Canada Validated Collective Rights? Download 11.96 Kb. Share with your friends:
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