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1966: The first of two amendments to the provincial Public Schools Act (the second taking place in 1970) reintroduce French-language instruction. 1979: Manitoba (Attorney General) v. Forest: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the Official Language Act of 1890 is ultra vires.
The official languages of Canada are English and French, [1] which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada," according to Canada's constitution. [2] ". Official bilingualism " (French: bilinguisme officiel) is the term used in Canada to collectively ...
Official Languages Act. (Canada) The Official Languages Act (French: Loi sur les langues officielles) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, [1] which gives French and English equal status in the government of Canada. [2] This makes them "official" languages, having preferred status in law over all other languages.
French has been permitted as an instructional language in Saskatchewan's public schools since 1968. In Saskatchewan, a 1968 amendment to the School Act permitted the establishment of designated French schools. Prior to this date, English was the only language which could be used as a language of instruction in Saskatchewan schools. [29] The ...
The legal dispute over Quebec's language policy began soon after the enactment of Bill 101, establishing the Charter of the French Language, by the Parliament of Quebec in 1977. The Charter, enacted under the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque, expanded upon Quebec 's previous language legislation, Bill 22, also known as the ...
The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadien (NCLC) in French, comprise a 12-point scale of task-based language proficiency descriptors used to guide the teaching and assessment of ESL learners in Canada. Like the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines ...
e. Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the section of the Constitution of Canada that guarantees minority language educational rights to French -speaking communities outside Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, English -speaking minorities in Quebec. The section may be particularly notable, in that some scholars believe ...
The Canadian Multiculturalism Act affirms the policy of the Government of Canada to ensure that every Canadian receives equal treatment by the government which respects and celebrates diversity. The act also: [8] recognizes Canada's multicultural heritage and that this heritage must be protected. recognizes Aboriginal rights.