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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
The supreme court of Canada has proclaimed the Quebec language laws unconstitutional. Quebec is the only province that has used and continues to use the notwithstanding clause in the charter inorder to maintain this law.
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Your statement is
very misleading and a half-truth.
You make it sound as if this applies all Quebec's language laws. In actual fact, the only law that has been declared unconstitutional is the law that relates to "exterior commercial signs". What a major issue!
All other language laws -- such as the language of instruction -- were found to be in compliance with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Wikipedia has a fairly good summary of the issues that have come up over the years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_dispute_over_Quebec's_language_policy