What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

What is the opinion of the cartoonist?

Official Language Groups

Review Define the following terms Anglophone Francophone Official Language

Official Language Groups French and English were earliest settlers of North America French primarily found in what is now known as Atlantic Canada.

Official Language Groups 1774 Recognized and guaranteed French Rights and identity BNA Act 1867: legislation protected bilingualism and biculturalism eference to the Protestant faith was removed from the oath of allegiance. It guaranteed free practice of the Catholic faith. It restored the use of the French civil law for matters of private law, except that in accordance with the English common law, it granted unlimited freedom of testation. It maintained English common law for matters of public law, including administrative appeals, court procedure, and criminal prosecution. It restored the Catholic Church's right to impose tithes.

Official Language Groups Official Languages Act of 1969 officially protects and recognizes Canada’s two used languages Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982: Further enshrines language and cultural rights of Francophones and Anglophones

Official Billingualism Section 16 to 20 of Charter 16. (1) English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.

Official Billingualism 17. (1) Everyone has the right to use English or French in any debates and other proceedings of Parliament.  18. (1) The statutes, records and journals of Parliament shall be printed and published in English and French and both language versions are equally authoritative.  19. (1) Either English or French may be used by any person in, or in any pleading in or process issuing from, any court established by Parliament. 

Official Billingualism 20. (1) Any member of the public in Canada has the right to communicate with, and to receive available services from, any head or central office of an institution of the Parliament or government of Canada in English or French, and has the same right with respect to any other office of any such institution where

Minority Language Education Rights 23. (1) Citizens of Canada (a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or (b) who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and reside in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province, have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province. 

How do the collective rights and identity of Francophones reflect and affirm their rights?

Official Language Groups Official Language Minorities: Exist all over Canada within the larger population Sometimes mix, sometimes remain distinct In some cases, the languages spoken are not officially recognized

Francophone schools versus French Immersion Provide instruction for students whose first language is French Right is protected under section 23 of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms Publicly funded French Immersion Schools Taught in French but not for those whose first language is French Not under section 23 Publicly funded

How does official billingualism help create a society in which all Canadians belong?

Since the 1982 Charter 2005 Supreme Court Decision Francophone parents do NOT have a right to educate their children in Anglophone schoools Contradicts the intent of section 23 What is the intent of section 23? Why are Francophone parents in Quebec not allowed to send their children to Anglophone schools? New immigrants to Quebec must also send children to Francophone schools unless they have already received instruction in English

Since the 1982 Charter Signs in Quebec must make French displayed more prominent than English

Official Language Groups What about other language communities that are not official?

What about other language groups? Richmond Vancouver population of 53% Chinese Bylaw stated that Signs should contain 50-per-cent English http://www.vancouversun.com/news/douglas+todd+richmond+toughens+stance+chinese+language+signs/11597065/story.html Think back to collective identity What is the intent of section 23?

Homework Complete Notes Chart on Metis Rights by reading pages 152 to 159 Done? Start on Collective Rights Handbook