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The Supreme Court is ordering a new trial for a francophone man in British Columbia who says he was not informed of his right to have a trial in the official language of his choice.A francophone man in British Columbia convicted of sexual assault will get a new trial because he was not informed of his right to be tried in French, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
"This appeal is an example of such a situation, and it is a reminder that Canada's linguistic minorities too often still experience difficulties in accessing justice in the official language of their choice." Judges are not to try and determine an accused's cultural identity or wade into the issue of their personal language preferences, it added.
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