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Chapter 6 in the text and Sections 4 and 5 of the //New Brunswick Education Act// deal with issues related to Official Languages and Minority Language Education Rights (Section 23 of the //Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)//.

Each subsection of Section 23 further clarifies these rights//:// // (Section 23(1) Intergenerational minority language rights; Section 23(2) the right to have the whole family educated in the same minority language; 23(3) the limits to the rights) //

Section 29 of the //Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms// in relation to minority language education rights and constitutionally protected denominational schools defines and protects New Brunswick as the only officially bilingual province with a bilingual education system.

Why, in your opinion, are these protections important (or not important) for the school system in New Brunswick?