In Manitoba, Franco-Manitobans, like other Manitobans, are guaranteed the ability to use both French and English in court. Everyone has the right to plead in their own language. We are talking about section 23 of the Manitoba Act, 1870, which is the equivalent for Quebec of section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867.
The administration of justice in the provinces is within their own jurisdiction. This amendment proposes that, in the appointment of judges—including those of the superior courts in Manitoba, of course—the federal government should take the importance of equal access to justice into account.
This does not really address all the other structural needs that must be addressed to ensure that the courts truly operate equally, in French or in English. I believe, however, that this is not in itself the amendment's purpose.