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I. INTRODUCTION
II. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES
2.1 Montfort Hospital
Lalonde et al. v. Ontario (Commission de restructuration des services de santé)
2.2 Bilingual Municipalities in New Brunswick
Charlebois v. Mowat et ville de Moncton
2.3 City Mergers in Quebec
Baie d’Urfé (Ville) et al. v. Quebec (Attorney General)
III. MINORITY LANGUAGE EDUCATION RIGHTS
3.1 Access to Minority Language Schools
* Eligibility Rule to Access: “Major Part of school instruction”
Solski et al. v. A.G. Quebec
* Eligibility Rule to Access: “Language of Instruction of a Parent”
Gosselin (tuteur de) et al. v. Quebec (Attorney General)
* Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction for Determining Access
Casimir v. A.G. Quebec/Zorilla v. A.G. Quebec/ Okwuobi v. A.G. Quebec
3.2 Enforcement of Court Orders relating of the Establishment of Minority Language School:
Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Dept. of Education)
IV. LANGUAGE RIGHTS BEFORE THE COURTS
4.1 Criminal Law Proceedings
* Language of Charges
R. v. Boutin
* Pre-Trial Disclosure of Evidence
R. v. Stadnick
* Language of Cross-Examination
R. v. Peters
4.2 Bilingual Police Services
R. v. Doucet
4.3 Civil Proceedings
* Language of Witness
Les Contenants Industriels Ltée v. La Commission des lésions professionnelles, et al.
* Language of Pleadings and Evidence
Charlebois v. City of Saint John
4.4 Provincial Offences
* Language of Charges
R. v. Charest
V. LANGUAGE RIGHTS RELATED TO FEDERAL JURISDICTION
5.1 Services to the public
* Air Canada Ground Services
Commissaire aux langues officielles v. Air Canada
* Broadcast of the debates of the House of Commons
Louis Quigley v. Canada (House of Commons) et al.
5.2 Bilingualism in the RCMP
SAANB v. Canada
5.3 Access to Employment Services under a Federal-Provincial Agreement
Lavigne v. Canada
5.4 Language requirements for positions in the federal public service
* Remedy after Improper Designation
Rogers v. Canada (Correctional Service)
* Objective Consideration for Designation
Rogers v. Canada (National Defence)
* Designation based on Needs in terms of Public Services
Marchessault v. Canada Post
VI. LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL LAW
6.1. Bilingual Signs in Quebec
A.G. of Quebec v. Les Entreprises W.F.H. ltée
6.2 Bilingualism in the NWT
Fédération Franco-ténoise v. Canada
VII. INVESTIGATION PROCESS UNDER THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT
* Lavigne v. Canada (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)
