LRSP Live - June 2016

The past, present and future

The LRSP is pleased to announce that its 7th Annual Meeting will be held on October 24th, 2016. This year, speakers will reflect on “The past, present and future of language rights in Canada”.

Language rights experts will address the evolution of language rights from 1867 to 2006, the litigation cases since the abolition of the Court Challenges Program in 2006 and over the course of the LRSP's mandate until 2016, as well as the important legal issues for the future of language rights in Canada.

The LRSP will welcome lawyers Ron Caza, François Larocque and Michael Bergman, who will present on the state of language rights from 1867 to 2006. Lawyers Paul Marshall, Roger Lepage and Michel Doucet will discuss litigation cases from 2006 to today. To close the event, lawyers Mark Power, Pierre Foucher and Nicolas Rouleau will reflect on the future of language rights in Canada.

The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sala San Marco Banquet Hall, located at 215 Preston Street, in Ottawa.

To register for the event, please contact Ms. Aminata Barry by email at abarr2@uottawa.ca or by phone at (613) 562-5702.

For more information, please visit our website.

We hope to see you there!

Opening event of the
Festival franco-ontarien

On June 16th, the LRSP’s Director attended a reception during the 41st Festival franco-ontarien, organized in collaboration with the Office of Francophone Affairs in Ontario.

This event kicked off the festival which featured Francophone artists and activities for children from June 16th to the 18th, in Ottawa. During the reception, the Director of the LRSP met with Ms. Madeleine Meilleur and the newly appointed Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs in Ontario, Ms. Marie-France Lalonde.

In the photo, from left to right: Ms. Madeleine Meilleur, Ms. Geneviève Boudreau and Ms. Marie-France Lalonde. (Photo courtesy of Mathieu Girard Photography / Studio Versa)

Update on funding applications
submitted to the LRSP

The members of the Panel of Experts received and processed 21 funding applications on June 13th, 2016. After a thorough analysis of the applications, the Panel decided that:

9 funding applications are accepted;
4 analyses are carried forward;
1 eligible application is refused due to the number of applications received, priorities and budgetary limits; and
7 applications do not meet funding criteria.

As a reminder, information about applications remains strictly confidential and will not be reported in this newsletter or on the LRSP's website unless the applicant has formally authorized the LRSP to do so.

For more information on funding offered by the LRSP, visit our website.

Call to the bar

On June 15th, the Director of the LRSP, Geneviève Boudreau, was called to the Ontario bar during a convocation ceremony at the National Arts Centre, in Ottawa. Geneviève Boudreau is the Director of the LRSP since 2010. She has an LL.B. from the University of Calgary, a Master of Laws from Dalhousie University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa.

The LRSP team congratulates Geneviève on this great accomplishment!

Multiple choice question

Constitutional documents

Among the following choices, which one is a constitutional document?

a)   The Official Languages Act
b)   The Constitutional Act of 1867
c)   The Quebec Charter of the French Language

To find out more about constitutional language rights, visit our website.

*The answer is at the end of the newsletter.

NEWS REVIEW
on language rights

The LRSP provides a press review and/or studies from different research institutes and universities on constitutional language rights and on official language minority communities.

Mentions of the LRSP

June 14 - Le comité de sauvegarde de l’école Saint-Paul aura les moyens de se battre (available in French only)

Constitutional language rights

Language rights

Next meeting of the Panel of Experts

* October 21st, 2016 *

Please be advised that funding applications submitted
after FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th will not be studied during the
October 21st, 2016 meeting, without exception.

For upcoming meeting dates, visit our website.

Answer to the multiple choice question:

b) is a constitutional document.

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