You grant it the authority to order damages where the judge deems it appropriate. Damages are not an exact science, like mathematics. You and I are lawyers, and we know that. I'm also an industrial relations arbitrator. I sometimes order damages, and I can tell you it's not an exact science. It depends on the evidence adduced, but also on the way the judge or the person present perceives the evidence.
Case law and tests will have to be established; that much is clear. Little consideration has been given to that in the language rights field to date. Much more attention has been focused on having rights recognized and securing declaratory orders so that rights are honoured, but very few forays have been made into the area of damages. Researchers should perhaps take more interest in this dynamic, in this aspect.
Damages may even be claimed in certain cases under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That's provided for by section 24 of the Charter. Damages may be ordered for a violation of a Charter right, a violation of a linguistic obligation. It can also be done under the Official Languages Act. If you're asking me whether there's a mathematical formula under which a violation corresponds to a given amount of money, as is prescribed in some personal injury cases, I'd say it doesn't exist.