Top court to review ruling that said N.B. lieutenant-governor need not be bilingual

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Supreme Court will rule on whether N.B. lieutenant-governor must be bilingual

Canada's top court will rule on whether New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor must be able to speak both English and French.

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Supreme Court to decide if N.B. lieutenant-governor must be bilingual

OTTAWA • The Supreme Court of Canada says it will weigh in on whether New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor must be able to speak both English and French.

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MONTREAL — It is ultimately the Supreme Court that will decide whether the person who holds the position of Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick must be bilingual. Canada's highest court announced on Thursday that it agrees to hear the case brought before it by the Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB). The Society initially challenged the case with [...]

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Top court to review ruling that said N.B. lieutenant-governor need not be bilingual

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower court ruling that said New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor doesn’t need to be bilingual. In 2019, the federal government appointed Brenda Murphy, who was not fully proficient in French, as the province’s vice-regal representative. The Acadian Society of New Brunswick challenged the appointment, arguing it violated […]

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Lieutenante-gouverneure unilingue: les Acadiens devant la Cour suprême

La Cour suprême du Canada a accepté, ce jeudi 27 février, de recevoir la demande d’appel de la Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB) concernant la nomination d’une lieutenante-gouverneure unilingue anglophone pour le Nouveau-Brunswick. La date de rendu de la décision n’est pas encore connue. Rappel des évènements: Après le décès de la lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau en août 2019, le bureau du premier …

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Some of the things they taught us wrong in school

By Hans NGALA • Cameroon and Canada are the only bilingual nations on earth. FALSE. Switzerland is bilingual (, Romanche Italian, Swiss German, French); Seychelles is bilingual (English and French). Rwanda is also bilingual (Swahili and English); Belgium with Dutch and French; New Zealand (English a