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Record 1 2010-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language Rights
CONT

While the Government of Canada's policies recognize the language rights of individuals (the personality principle) and seek to further both languages, Quebec's policies recognize the language rights of a community making up the majority of the population in a given territory (the territorial principle) and place emphasis on a single language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit linguistique
CONT

Alors que le régime fédéral reconnaît des droits linguistiques aux individus (principe de personnalité) et met de l'avant deux langues, le régime québécois reconnaît des droits linguistiques à la communauté qui occupe majoritairement son territoire (principe de territorialité) et met l'accent sur une seule langue.

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