Minority language educational rights in Nova Scotia and the enforcement of these rights by an administrative tribunal

The linguistic history of Canada is the foundation for constitutional linguistic rights in Canada. One of these constitutional rights, section 23 of the 'Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' (' Charter'), revolutionized minority language educational rights in Canada. Nova Scotia has a difficult linguistic history in the area of education and the application of section 23 of the 'Charter' has created some interesting characteristics of the core French education system in Nova Scotia. Acadians and francophones of Nova Scotia are faced today with a number of challenges to the core French education system and these challenges can infringe their constitutional rights. Faced with these challenges, an administrative tribunal is studied as a forum for deciding upon minority language educational rights. The characteristics of an administrative tribunal are compared to those of courts to examine the plausibility and the advantages of an administrative tribunal enforcing minority language educational rights.