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: 2009
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Court: Court of Appeal of Manitoba
Citation: 2009 MBCA 112
Category: Legislative and judicial bilingualism
In R. v Rémillard et al.Footnote 1, the Manitoba Court of Appeal had to determine whether "offence notices" were included in the services that must be offered in both official...Year: 2005
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Court: Federal Court of Appeal
Citation: 2005 FCA 205
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
This decisionFootnote 1 considered the actions available under the OLA when the case involves language issues in the context of labour relations subject to a collective agreement. The appellants were...Year: 2009
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2009 FC 704
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
This caseFootnote 1 arose from complaints filed by a group of 39 VIA Rail employees concerning the impact of their employer’s language policy on their opportunities for advancement. The policy in question addressed,...Year: 2005
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Court: Provincial Court of Manitoba
Citation: 2005 M.J. 212
Category: Language rights and services to the public
The Provincial Court of Manitoba considered the scope of the City of Winnipeg’s obligation to issue bilingual offence notices. The accused had received speeding tickets in Winnipeg through an image capturing system. They challenged the validity of the tickets, given that the information regarding...Year: 2004
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2004 FC 406
Category: Language rights in the federal public service
In this caseFootnote 1, the Federal Court had to rule first on the scope of the recommendations made by the Commissioner of Official Languages in her investigation reports, and second on remedies available in linguistic matters where the issue is...