Mr. Warren Newman at the Official Languages Committee

On February 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 17th, 2023 / 9:10 a.m.

Senior General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector, Department of Justice

Warren Newman

I wouldn't say that we have two different views on the matter. Rather, I would say that the use of the terms in the 1988 version of the act was deliberate, keeping in mind that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms already referred to the English or French linguistic minority population of a province.

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