The Constitution of Canada and the Official Status of French in Alberta.
By Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date: 2009-06-22
- Genre: Law
Description
New research shows that the Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order, an integral part of the Constitution of Canada, effectively guarantees the official status of the French language in Alberta. On July 2, 2008, the Provincial Court of Alberta confirmed this conclusion when it ruled, in the Caron case, that the Traffic Safety Act was invalid because it had not been passed in French. (The Crown is currently appealing this ruling in the Court of Queen's Bench.) In this article, an expert witness in the Caron case summarizes his research findings. **********
