L'école Rose-Des-Vents: Minority Language Education & Substantive Equality

Canadian courts have long established that the education provided to minority language groups in Canada (English language in Quebec and French language in the rest of Canada) must be equivalent to that offered to the majority language group.  The Supreme Court of Canada (the "Court") recently rendered a decision identifying the parameters a court should apply when determining whether or not a minority language school offers educational services equivalent to a majority language school.  In Association des parents de l'école Rose-des-vents v. British Columbia (Education), 2015 SCC 21 (CanLII), the Court applied a pragmatic approach comparing the existing educational choices available to parents in order to determine the applicant's minority language rights.