1. Language rights in Canada
By Alex and Robbie

2. When did language rights begin
In 1867, the year of Confederation, English and French became the languages that could be used in the debates of the Parliament of Canada, as well as in any court of Canada established under the Constitution Act and any court of Quebec.The first Official Languages Act, enacted in 1969, recognized the equal status of English and French throughout the federal administration.

3. Definitions
Class action lawsuit -is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group.
Language rights- rights are the human and civil rights concerning the individual and collective rights to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public.

4. Michel Thibodeau V Air Canada
The Federal Court of Canada ordered Air Canada to pay $12,000 to Ottawa French-language rights, Michel Thibodeau in part because when he asked an English-speaking flight attendant for 7Up in May 12 of 2009, he got Sprite.
Air Canada was also ordered to apologize to Mr. Thibodeau and his wife Lynda.

5. R v. Beaulac
Jean Victor Beaulac was accused of murder and was brought before the British Columbia Supreme Court and convicted. Beaulac claimed rights under section 530 of the Criminal Code, which allows for the accused to be heard in court in his or her language, if it is one of the official languages of Canada, English or French. The Supreme Court noted in its 1999 decision that this was the first time it had ever considered this Criminal Code right. At a lower level, Beaulac had been denied this right to be heard in French, since one judge found Beaulac's skills in English were adequate though not perfect.
In the end Beaulac won the case and The Court also found that the accused's language was a personal matter and related to one's identity, and therefore courts should respect the accused's "subjective" feelings towards a language.