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Environmental Scan: Access to Justice in Both Official Languages
Final Report Submitted to Justice Canada by GTA Research
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: History of Language Rights in Canada
- Introduction
- Part I: Constitutional Provisions relating to the Justice System
- Part II: Statutory Provisions relating to the Justice System
- Part III: Rules of Interpretation applicable to Language Rights: Recent Decisions
- Part IV: Beaulac and the Right to a Trial in French in Criminal Cases: Section 530 of the Criminal Code
- Part V: The Civil Courts
- Conclusion
Chapter 2: Access to Justice in Francophone Minority Communities
- Profile of Respondents
- Overall Level of Satisfaction with Judicial and Legal Services in the Minority Language
- Principal Barriers
- Models and Exemplary Practices
- Possible Solutions
- Conclusion
- Tables
Chapter 3: Alberta
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 4: British Columbia
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
Chapter 5: Prince Edward Island
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Demand for and Supply of Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Initiatives
- Possible Solutions
Chapter 6: Manitoba
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Initiatives
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 7: New Brunswick
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 8: Nova Scotia
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 9: Nunavut
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
Chapter 10: Ontario
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Initiatives
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 11: Quebec
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Anglophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Demand for and Supply of Services in English
- Barriers to Access to Justice in English
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 12: Saskatchewan
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Initiatives
- Possible Solutions
- Tables
Chapter 13: Newfoundland and Labrador
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
Chapter 14: Northwest Territories
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
Chapter 15: Yukon
- Structure of the Judicial System
- Profile of the Francophone Community
- Profile of Respondents
- Supply of and Demand for Services in French
- Barriers to Access to Justice in French
- Possible Solutions
General Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
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