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French speakers must get French education
OTTAWA, March 31 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has denied francophone residents of Quebec the right to educate their children in English. The court's ruling accompanied a judgment easing the regulations for English-speaking residents. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports that the high court ruled that the majority in Quebec -- French-speakers -- have no right to education in the minority language. Under Quebec's Bill 101, English-speaking children could only go to English-language schools if their parents had received most of their education in English Canada. The court's ruling allowed both immigrants and native-born English-speaking Canadians greater access to English-language schools. Mance Bourassa, one of the French-speaking parents challenging the law, told the CBC she should have the same right English-speaking parents have to choose the language of her children's education.
Posted by: Steve 2005-04-01 |
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