Bilingualism In Canada

Canada was set up to be a bi-lingual country for both English and French to be equally represented in the government. However, the number of French speakers began to disappear in the country. “In Quebec, 7.7% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 78.1% reported French only, and 12.3% reported only a non-official language, in 2011. In comparison, the national percentages were 56.9% for English only, 21.3% for French only and 19.8% for non-official languages only” (Canada). While the providence is not officially bilingual, it is apparent that francophones are dominant in Quebec and Anglophones are more common in the rest of Canada. Before traveling, one should be sure to make note of the prominent language within that city to be

“Section 27 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires that the Charter “be interpreted in a manner consistent with the preservation and enhancement of the multicultural heritage of Canadians.” The Official Languages Act has significantly made an effective contribution on Canada’s immigration success. It has allowed Pierre Elliott Trudeau to further expand his ideas on allowing individuals of all ethnicities and races to live their lives freely. English and French languages can be used in all government institutions of Canada, communicating freely within the public area and in the home. Both the English and French languages can be used in debates, courts, schools and any public institution. The importance of the Official Languages Act is to guarantee equality rights such as privileges and status between the French and English Canadians. Nevertheless, Pierre Elliot Trudeau was productive in ensuring the equal opportunities and rights of citizens. In modern day society, Pierre Trudeau’s accomplishments in enacting human rights has significantly improved. Overtime, it has diversified the cultures in schools and other public institutions. More individuals are becoming acceptant of race, ethnicity, homosexuality and religious beliefs. Due to the result of the diversity of cultures in schools, it has brought humans closer to one another and accepting of ones’

Trudeau fought for Canada to be a country of many languages and cultures, he did this by introducing The Official Languages Act. In 1969 Trudeau established The Official Languages Act, this made English and French the official languages of Canada. It required all federal institutions to provide services in English and French. The Act was passed on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism on 7 September 1969. The act was to ensure respect and equality of all rights and privileges as to their use in all federal institutions. The act supported the development of English and French linguistic minority communities and advanced the equality of English and French languages within Canada’s society. Trudeau truly lead Canada to success and wanted the nation to become more diverse. Trudeau noted, “Bilingualism means you can speak to the other; duality means you live in one language and the rest of Canada will live in another language.” Trudeau strongly pushed for Canada to be Bilingual and thought it would make Canada stronger as a country. Trudeau felt that Quebec had to be less isolated and that it would allow French Canadians to maintain their culture while playing part in a key role in Canada. It was because of Pierre Elliott Trudeau that Canada kept peace amongst everyone and continued to be a united country. Trudeau made Canada better by bringing

One of the defining accomplishments of Trudeau’s leadership is his strategic influence in the unification of Quebec with the rest of Canada. Expressing his opinion towards Quebec, Trudeau once said, “I am trying to put Quebec in its place, and the place of Quebec is in Canada (Gzowski and more 67).” Within his early months as prime minister, he enacts the Official Languages Act in 1969, promoting

foreign education. Often, when immigrants come to Canada, their degrees and qualifications are not recognized here in Canada because they were earned in other countries and also the language barriers does pose an obstacle to employment for immigrant and visible minority women. Around 16 per cent of immigrants, particularly refugees, come to Canada without knowledge of either official languages French and English (Saraswati, 2000).

During the 15 years as prime minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau treated Quebec equally which helped Quebec stay united with Canada. Pierre Elliott Trudeau stated that "I am trying to put Quebec in its place — and the place of Quebec is in Canada."(Pierre Elliot Trudeau, "Quotes by Prime Minsters- Pierre Trudeau”). Quebec place is in Canada because Quebec had a major impact for Canada confederation. This is why Pierre Trudeau said this to the country. Pierre Trudeau passed a bill that was called Official Languages Act in 1969, that made English and French the official languages of Canada.The act declared that “the English and the French languages are the official languages of Canada, for all purposes of the Parliament and Government of Canada and possess and enjoy equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada.” (Cruxton, Bradley and Douglas Wilson, “The Official Language Act 1969”) Until that time, only 14 percent of the high rank government jobs were held by French Canadian, even though they made 25 percent of Canada population. Pierre Trudeau believed that the Official Languages Act was the only way to keep the French heritage in Canada and to treat the Quebec people equally like English Canadians. Trudeau’s ability to keep French and English Canadians

However, Quebec’s nationalism also helped improve French-English relations with the Bi & Bi Commission. “The official Languages act is passed, which made Canada bilingual, as a Nation. The French Canadians alienation from the rest of Canada, was growing and problematic, the commission was used in attempt to try and unify the country. It was a very Influential commission, making Canada Bilingual as a nation” (Alderson, Lauren). This quote shows how the Bi & Bi Commission which was created to make Canada bilingual, tried to improve French-English relations by placing both languages on equal footing in Canada. Finally, Quebec’s change in nationalism added tension to French-English relations because Quebec started to make decisions independently. For example, in 1961, the Quebec government started to open government offices in countries such as America and France. “When Quebec announced its intention to sign cultural and educational agreements with France’s government, the Canadian government intervened, asserting that only the federal government could enter agreements with foreign

1). Evidently, the Official Languages Act was the key to improving their relationship and created a pathway to a unified Canada. Firstly, this act helped maintain and strong connection with Quebec and prevented their total isolation from Canada (par. 1). To explain, Quebec sought to maintain their culture and preserve the French language and if the terms were not met, they would attempt to leave Canada (Quebec par. 2). Therefore, this act agreed upon the terms that the Quebecers wanted and allowed every single Canadian citizen to seek services in their preferred language (Understand par. 1). This right allowed French Canadians to feel less disconnected with the rest of Canada, thus fixing the English and French relationship. Secondly, this act prevented discrimination between the two cultures, as rights were created to merge the two languages into the Canadian society (Understand par. 3). For example, a section in the Official Languages Act states that “federal institutions are required to provide services in both official languages” (par. 3). In other words, these two languages were now implemented into the Canadian society and English Canadians became more exposed to this minority culture, which lead to acceptance of the French culture and language. Lastly, the Official Languages Act endorsed the advancement of

One of the earliest changes occurred very early in his career as a Prime Minister and it was the creation of the Official Language Act in 1969. The act made it so that both the English and French languages attained equality within the government. Furthermore, this act also made them both the official languages of Canada. The act also states in Section 2 of that its purpose is to, “support the development English and French linguistic minority communities and generally advance the equality of status and use of the English and French languages within Canadian society.” When first introduced, this act was met with some controversy from the English-speaking portion of Canada, as there were occurrences of anti-French. However, Trudeau went through with the act

Though the separatist movements came very close to achieving their goal, the steady actions of PM Chrétian show a change in attitude towards French Canadians in within the country. The fact that Chrétian managed to succeed in keeping Quebec from separating further proves that the perspective of cultural differences in Canada started to develop for the better. The language rights within Canada add depth to the sincere maturity and growth that Canada has experienced in the years after WWII. Some direct impacts were the immediate enactments of French policies within the federal government, and indirectly the language rights reduced tension within all of Canada and mainly Quebec. Over the years, language rights have helped the country learn to blend itself back into a bilingual nation of acceptance and diversity. Canada, during the years after WWII, managed to stop the cultural bond between the French and the English from further deteriorating and helped to repair previous bruises by accepting Quebec’s ideas and beliefs, by enacting language rights, and through Chrétian’s active attendance to maintaining the balance between French and English

One of the major problems associated with a bilingual country, inevitably, is national unity. In Canada, national unity usually refers to the relations between both the French and English Canadians. English-French relations have always been unstable, ever since the English conquest on the French in the late 1800s. In the twentieth century, this link was further depreciated primarily because of conscriptions during the First and Second World War along with the Quiet Revolution and the October Crisis. Conscription during the First and Second World War was one of the initial major causes that began the deterioration of French-English relations largely because the French had no desire to go to war. The Quiet Revolution was an effort to

The first body paragraph will focus on cultural legislation and funding. It is well-known that Pierre introduced the implementation of official bilingualism by way of the Official Languages Act. This legislation required all federal services to be offered in French and English, and it was successfully integrated into the federal government's services throughout the years following. Mirroring his father, Justin promised to make sure judicial appointments to the Supreme Court are actively and successfully bilingual, will create a free online service for Canadians to

Linguistic duality was embedded in the British North America Act of 1867 and has had both positive and negative repercussions for Canada. Language has evoked divisive social and political tension between French-speaking and English-speaking Canadians. (Jackson & Jackson, 1998: 230) By

As Canada is a multicultural nation, many of its residents speak more than one language. There is much research that addresses bilingualism. Yet, not many consider the relationship between bilinguals and emotions. The purpose of this study is to observe the correlation between Korean-English bilinguals and their emotional attachment in the first (L1) and second language (L2). As the literature states that the two main variables which affect one’s emotion and their choice of language are age of second language acquisition and socio-cultural norms. A correlation study was carried out towards 119 Korean-English bilinguals aged from 18 to 29 years old who reside in Canada. The data were collected through self-report online questionnaire with convenience

I came to Canada to learn English, and I want to be able to speak English. Then, I would like to have a job in foreign country that is spoken English. I also want to live near the beautiful beach in foreign country. Therefore, I am learning Hardly English in Lethbridge college for my dream. However, I also have three considerations for learning English. First, I am worried about speaking Japanese. I often talk with NIT students and Japanese even thought I came to here to study English. I always think speaking Japanese is bad for my English skill, but I often talk with them because speaking Japanese is fun and easy to understand what they say among them. Therefore, I should avoid speaking Japanese or Japanese people. Otherwise, I will speak