Minority Language and Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada: The case, which was first brought to court in 2009, argues that the Yukon French school board should have the right to determine who its students are. , according to CBC. The Yukon government argued for the strictest interpretation of who should be allowed to attend minority language schools. Members of francophone communities across Canada are disappointed by Quebec position in a Yukon case that was before the Supreme Court of Canada this week. Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees Canadians the right to education in a minority language, whether English or French, but extends that right only to the children or grandchildren of those who were educated in that language or who learned it as their first language. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.