 The majority noted that in 1986 the Supreme Court found that language rights should be handled conservatively, in "MacDonald v. City of Montreal", "Société des Acadiens" and "Bilodeau v. Attorney General of Manitoba".However, the majority claimed conservative interpretation of language rights has since given way to a more liberal approach, in "Ford v. Quebec (Attorney General)" (1988), which concerned language and freedom of expression under section 2 of the Canadian Charter.The Court took this as important, since this "re-affirm[s] the importance of language rights as supporting official language communities and their culture."