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* 1998: [http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/1998/1998scc63.html ''Opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Reference re to the Secession of Québec''] | * 1998: [http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/1998/1998scc63.html ''Opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Reference re to the Secession of Québec''] | ||
=== | == Historical legislation == | ||
=== Against ethnic minorities === | |||
Note: Most of these laws were inspired by similar American or British laws. They are no longer in force today. | Note: Most of these laws were inspired by similar American or British laws. They are no longer in force today. | ||
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* 1885: Law restricting Chinese Immigration | * 1885: Law restricting Chinese Immigration | ||
== | === Against French Canadians === | ||
Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force today. However, the result of their application is sound: Québec is an anglicized French-speaking province and Canada outside Québec is predominantly and irreversibly English-speaking. The adoption, in 1977, of the ''Charter of the French Language'' marked the beginning of efforts to redress the position of the French language inside Québec. | Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force today. However, the result of their application is sound: Québec is an anglicized French-speaking province and Canada outside Québec is predominantly and irreversibly English-speaking. The adoption, in 1977, of the ''Charter of the French Language'' marked the beginning of efforts to redress the position of the French language inside Québec. | ||
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* 1877: The ''Public School Act'' puts an end to the teaching of French in Prince-Edward-Island schools. | * 1877: The ''Public School Act'' puts an end to the teaching of French in Prince-Edward-Island schools. | ||
* 1871: The ''Common School Act'' imposes double taxation measures against French Catholic schools. | * 1871: The ''Common School Act'' imposes double taxation measures against French Catholic schools. | ||
* 1864: Nova Scotia adopts an act on public schools which suppresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language schools. | * 1864: Nova Scotia adopts an act on public schools which suppresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language schools. | ||
* 1848: An act of parliament re-establishes the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts of Canada. | * 1848: An act of parliament re-establishes the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts of Canada. | ||
* 1841: The Parliament of Great Britain adopts ''An Act to reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada'' which bans French in the Parliament, Courts and all other governmental bodies of the new united province of Canada. The French language is explicitly banned in a constitutional text of law for the first time in history. | * 1841: The Parliament of Great Britain adopts ''An Act to reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada'' which bans French in the Parliament, Courts and all other governmental bodies of the new united province of Canada. The French language is explicitly banned in a constitutional text of law for the first time in history. | ||
* 1774: | * 1791: The Constitutional Act installs a real Parliament with an elective House of Assembly. From 1792 through 1837, the Assembly will be denied its right to regulate the spendings of the government and have a say on the appointment of civil servants. | ||
* 1763: | * 1774: The Quebec Act restores part of the French civil laws and institutions and creates a crippled Parliament of Quebec. | ||
* 1763: Ignoring Treaty of Paris, the ''Royal Proclamation'' orders the implantation of English laws and institutions to supplant the French civil laws and institutions in the Province of Quebec. | |||
== International treaties == | == International treaties == | ||