In that case, as you'll remember, the provincial government of the time had conducted a study and decided to close Montfort Hospital for funding reasons. The Court of Appeal for Ontario rejected that decision and stated that the government and Ontario's Health Services Restructuring Commission had to consider the constitutional role Montfort Hospital played as a francophone institution essential to enhancing the identity of the Franco-Ontarian cultural minority.
The court further confirmed the vital role that institution played in the survival of the Franco-Ontarian minority. In other words, the elimination of the Franco-Ontarian community's gains or institutions would result in its erosion.
Lastly, the court confirmed that the government could not justify eliminating the hospital, an institution protected by the French Language Services Act, on financial or administrative grounds.