Der Oberste Gerichtshof entscheidet, dass der Vizegouverneur von New Brunswick zweisprachig sein muss
Supreme Court rules New Brunswick lieutenant-governor must be bilingual
Der Oberste Gerichtshof entscheidet, dass der Vizegouverneur von New Brunswick zweisprachig sein muss
Supreme Court rules New Brunswick lieutenant-governor must be bilingual
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Honestly, fair. Being a firmly bilingual province, it was a weird choice to appoint a non-bilingual lieutenant governor for NB.
I would agree and would go as far as saying that all Governors General, and the Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba to be bilingual for the simple reason that, even just in theory, they approve all the laws in their areas and all the laws in those area are equally valid and required to be published in French and English.
They also issue Orders-in-Council in both languages as well.
I guess good timing on getting an indigenous Governor General in and their term completed before *this* hammer dropped. The charter provision applying to New Brunswick here is worded *identically* to the one applying federally.
Something doesn’t sit right in reading a provision applying to the *institutions* of government as applying to an individual though, no matter how singularly important that individual is. A Lieutenant Governor has staff. Being able to communicate with their *office* bilingually should be sufficient.