What is the purpose of section 23 of the Canadian Constitution and what is the scope of the legislation?
Northwest Territories, Canada
The following excerpt is from Commission Scolaire Francophone c. Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Procureur Général), 2012 NWTSC 44 (CanLII):
The general purpose of section 23 is to preserve and promote the two official languages of Canada, and their respective cultures; its aim is to ensure that each language flourishes, as far as possible, in provinces and territories where it is not spoken by the majority of the population: Mahé v. Alberto, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 324, paragraph 31.
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