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32 Ottawa L. Rev. 117 (2000-2001)
Survol Des Droits Linguistiques: Enfin de Vrais Droits Linguistiques Au Canada

handle is hein.journals/ottlr32 and id is 123 raw text is: SURVOL DES DROITS LINGUISTIQUES: ENFIN DE VRAIS DROITS LINGUISTIQUES AU CANADA Marc Cousineau* En 1987, la Cour suprime du Canada a statu6 dans l'arrit Soci6t6 des Acadiens que les droits linguistiques enchdssds dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libert6s dtaient le r~sultat d'un compromis politique et, donc, devaient dtre interprdtds de fagon restrictive. A toutes fins utiles, cette dicision a mis en suspens les revendications des minoritds linguistiques. Quatre dicisions rdcentes des tribunaux s'gcartent de cette approche restrictive. L'auteur analyse les quatre ddcisions en question, le Renvoi relatif A la s6cession du Qu6bec, R c. Beaulac, Arsenault-Cameron c. ile-du-Prince- tdouard de la Cour suprdme du Canada ainsi que Lalonde c. Commission de restructuration des services de sant6 de la Coursupdrieure de l'Ontario, dans le but de ddmontrer que nous entronsfinalement dans une dpoque oil les minoritds linguistiques peuvent invoquer les recours des tribunauxjudiciaires pour assurer leur statut au sein de la fdddration canadienne. In 1987 the Supreme Court of Canada held in Soci6t6 des Acadiens that language rights were entrenched in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as the result of a political compromise and that these rights, therefore, should be given a strict interpretation. This decision had the effect of bringing about a suspension of court challenges by language minorities. Four recent court decisions move away from this restrictive approach. The author reviews these four decisions, Reference re Quebec Secession, R. v. Beaulac, Arsenault- Cameron v. Prince Edward Island of the Supreme Court of Canada as well as Lalonde v. Health Services Restructuring Commission of the Ontario Superior Court, showing that finally we are entering an era where language minorities can reyort to courts ofjustice in order to ensure that they enjoy the status to which they are entitled within the Canadian federation. * Professeur, programme de common law en frangais, Facult6 de droit, Universit6 d'Ottawa. L'auteur tient A remercier Mine H61ne Laporte du programme de common law en frangais, pour sa r6vision du texte et ses excellentes suggestions.

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