Charter of the French Language Parts of the Charter of the French language have been amended in response to rulings by Quebec Courts which were upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada. Before 1982, the only part of the Charter of the French Language that could be challenged constitutionally was that of the language of legislation and the courts. It was challenged in 1979 by Peter Blaikie, Roland Durand and Yoine Goldstein ("Attorney General of Quebec v. Blaikie"). In 1982, the patriation of the Canadian constitution occurred as the British Parliament passed the "Canada Act 1982". This act enacted the "Constitution Act, 1982" for Canada
Charter of the French Language notwithstanding clause, ruled that in fact any sign law was a violation of the freedom of expression right. Aside from the civil rights infringement, the Charter has faced legal challenges because the restricted education opportunities have hindered not only unilingual but bilingual anglophones' employment. Although the Charter made French the official language of government and civil administration, the same cannot be said of the private sector. Despite nearly 30 years of the Charter, it has never been applied as rigorously as intended because to do so would violate civil liberties. English is still often made a requirement by employers in