Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Francophone Affairs Division was established on April 1, 1989 [27] Under the French Language Services Act (2000), Prince Edward Island made a variety of mostly non-binding commitments to provide services in French, but according to a government report (as of 2005), many sections of the Act have not proclaimed into law, as the province is ...
1966: The first of two amendments to the provincial Public Schools Act (the second taking place in 1970) reintroduce French-language instruction. 1979: Manitoba (Attorney General) v. Forest: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the Official Language Act of 1890 is ultra vires.
Description. A 2013 Statistics Canada survey found that an "overwhelming majority" of Canadians shared the values of human rights (with 92% of respondents agreeing that they are a shared Canadian value), respect for the law (92%) and gender equality (91%). There was considerably less agreement among Canadians over whether ethnic and cultural ...
Map of French service areas in Ontario. [note 1] Dark blue indicates areas designated in their entirety; light blue indicates areas that include designated communities.The French Language Services Act (French: Loi sur les services en français) (the Act) is a law in the province of Ontario, Canada which is intended to protect the rights of Franco-Ontarians, or French-speaking people, in the ...
Language expectancy theory (LET) is a theory of persuasion. [1] The theory assumes language is a rules-based system, in which people develop expected norms as to appropriate language usage in given situations. [2] Furthermore, unexpected linguistic usage can affect the receiver's behavior resulting from attitudes towards a persuasive message.
Official Languages Act. (Canada) The Official Languages Act (French: Loi sur les langues officielles) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, [1] which gives French and English equal status in the government of Canada. [2] This makes them "official" languages, having preferred status in law over all other languages.
e. Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the section of the Constitution of Canada that guarantees minority language educational rights to French -speaking communities outside Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, English -speaking minorities in Quebec. The section may be particularly notable, in that some scholars believe ...
In the public sector, ethics addresses the fundamental premise of a public administrator's duty as a "steward" to the public. In other words, it is the moral justification and consideration for decisions and actions made during the completion of daily duties when working to provide the general services of government and nonprofit organizations.