Comments on: “Air Canada ordered to pay $21K to two francophones over language violations” https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/09/air-canada-ordered-to-pay-21k-to-two-francophones-over-language-violations/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 09 Sep 2019 04:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hugo S Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/09/air-canada-ordered-to-pay-21k-to-two-francophones-over-language-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-355979 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 04:01:50 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73556#comment-355979 Canadian rights tribunals sometimes come up with weird verdicts, but notice the relatively modest amount ($21 K). An equivalent rights verdict in the USA’s lawsuit culture could easily amount to 50 times that. In Canada, however, it sometimes really is “not about the money.”

Canada has a unique history of bilingual politics that is entitled to some deference. In this case, New Brunswick is the only genuinely bicultural province. (Quebec is francophone, while the others are heavily anglophone.) Fredericton is in the southern, anglophone half of New Brunswick.

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