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''Ford v Quebec (AG)'', () 2 S.C.R. 712 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Court struck down part of the ''Charter of the French Language'', commonly known as Bill 101.〔http://www.vigile.net/25-years-later-parties-remember〕 This law had restricted the use of commercial signs written in languages other than French. The court ruled that Bill 101 violated the freedom of expression as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.〔http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndps-tom-mulcair-plays-down-his-past-as-anglo-rights-defender〕 ==Background== The appeal, launched by the government of Quebec, consolidated many cases initiated by Montreal-area merchants such as Montreal florist Hyman Singer and West Island wool shop owner Valerie Ford. Following complaints, the Office québécois de la langue française had instructed them to inform and serve their customers in French and replace their bilingual French and English signs with unilingual French ones. They had been fined for violation of the Charter of the French Language and decided to fight the case in court with the backing of Alliance Quebec.〔http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndps-tom-mulcair-plays-down-his-past-as-anglo-rights-defender〕 The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the decisions of the Quebec Superior Court and the Quebec Court of Appeal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford v Quebec (AG)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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