 In an application to Bastarache, he held that he was not biased to hear the case, and so did not recuse himself.Major and Bastarache, writing for a unanimous court, applied a purposive interpretation to section 23 of the "Charter".He found that the purpose of the right is to redress past injustices and provide "an official language minority with equal access to high quality education in its own language in circumstances where community development will be enhanced."