Court decisions
This database presents summaries of key court decisions in Canada related to official languages and of events relating to language rights since 2003. These summaries have been prepared by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada.
This database is not exhaustive. It was designed to be used as a reference tool for people directly or indirectly interested in language rights. The database is updated on an ongoing basis.
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Year: 2003
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2003 CF 1048
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
The case concerned the decision of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to transfer certain positions from one region to another and raised inter alia the question of remedies available to penalize infringements of the government’s commitment regarding the...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: (2003)3 S.C.R. 3
Category: Minority-language education rights
In the case of Doucet-BoudreauFootnote 1, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the question of the nature of the remedy that can be awarded under section 24 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (The Charter)...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Citation: 2003 NSSCF 209
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
In Schneider,Footnote 1 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia dealt with the question of whether the right to be tried in either official language set out in section 530 of the Criminal Code also included the...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2003 FC 877
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
The judgment of the Federal Court in TaireFootnote 1 raises inter alia the question of the right to an interpreter under section 14 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2002 FCT 645
Category: Language rights and services to the public
The Quigley v Canada caseFootnote 1 raised the question of the scope of the language obligations of the House of Commons when it chooses to have its debates broadcast by third parties. In particular, it raised...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Court: Saskatchewan Provincial Court
Citation: 2003 SKPC 102
Category: Language rights and services to the public
The judgment of the Saskatchewan Provincial Court in DesgagnéFootnote 1 raises two questions, namely (1) that of the linguistic obligations in that province regarding the drafting of municipal tickets; and (2) that of the language...7. R. v Doucet
Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Citation: 2003 N.S.J. no. 516
Category: Language rights and services to the public
As in Desgagné, the judgment of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in DoucetFootnote 1 raises, in addition to the question of a reasonable delay in the holding of the trial, the question of the linguistic obligations of Royal...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Court: Federal Court of Appeal
Citation: 2003 FCA 149
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal in AyangmaFootnote 1 raises the question of the language obligations applicable to a staffing process following a competition. In particular, it raises the question of the applicability of Part...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Court: Federal Court of Appeal
Citation: 2003 FCA 436
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
In MarchessaultFootnote 1, the Federal Court of Appeal had to rule on the validity of criteria used to identify a position’s language requirement according to the needs of service to the public. To do this, it had to consider the basis...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Ontario Superior Court
Citation: 2003 O.J. No. 4293
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
In Tremblay,Footnote 1 the Ontario Superior Court had to consider a decision made by a town council. The latter refused to award a historical designation to a church under the Ontario Heritage Act, requiring that such a request...Filter by year
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