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	Research Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though the level of bilingualism rose in every province except Manitoba and Saskatchewan, in almost all cases, the rate of increase was lower than or equal to the gain between 1991 and 1996 (the decline in Manitoba and Saskatchewan was related to the decrease in their francophone populations).
		Bilingual individuals are best suited to speak about their economic experience and say whether their bilingualism has produced benefits in terms of such things as access and mobility (access to jobs and promotion).
		Finally, there is an absence of role models and advocacy for bilingualism in Canada and despite the laudable efforts of such groups as Canadian Parents for French their needs to be additional civil society involvement in supporting bilingual capacity.
	www.ocol-clo.gc.ca /symposium/documents/jedwab/jedwab2_e.html (1770 words)

	Bilingualism in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bilingualism in Canada refers to laws and policies of the federal government – and some other levels of government – mandating that certain services and communications be available to the public in both English and French.
		In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the case of Ford v.
		Support for bilingualism appears to be strongest in the area known as the bilingual belt, covering parts of Ontario, Manitoba, western Quebec and Montreal, and the areas of the Maritimes, and weakest in western Canada, though there are supporters and opponents in every part of the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bilingualism_in_Canada (1297 words)

	Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canada is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, and defines itself as a bilingual and multicultural nation; both English and French are official languages.
		Soon after, Canada was a major front in the War of 1812 between the United States and British Empire and its successful defence had important long-term effects on Canada, including the building of a sense of unity and nationalism among the population of British North America.
		Canada's two official languages, English and French, are the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canada (5157 words)

	Canada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada is a federation of ten provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, and Saskatchewan; and two territories: Northwest Territories and Yukon.
		Canada in World War II Despite Mackenzie King's previous vacillation over giving aid to Britain in time of crisis and his insistence on parliamentary approval, there was little doubt of Canada's resolve in 1939 to join the Allies.
		Canada was experiencing an economic boom: industry was expanding rapidly, aided by a rising immigration rate, and the whole face of the country was changing.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Canada (4111 words)

	Pierre Trudeau - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As prime minister, Trudeau espoused participatory democracy as a means of making Canada a "Just Society." His apparently sincere desire for greater citizen involvement in government appears to have been frustrated by lack of support within his party, and he later opposed greater involvement for citizens in representative democracy.
		While official bilingualism has settled some of the grievances francophones had towards the federal government it did not bring about the fully bilingual and bicultural nation desired by many of them.
		Moreover, Canada is now one of the most multicultural countries in the world—and this is as true in large urban centres in Quebec as elsewhere across the country.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pi/pierre_trudeau.html (3071 words)

	Canada - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada was a major battlefield of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
		Canada's two official languages, English and French, are the mother tongues of 56.3% and 28.7% of the population respectively.
		Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges, and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, beavers, caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, Canada goose and the common loon.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Canada (5066 words)

	Canada - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada is the country occupying most of the northern portion of North America, and is the world's second largest country in total area.
		Following the Rebellions of 1837, The Canadas were merged into a single colony, the United Province of Canada, with the Act of Union (1840), in an attempt to assuage local resentment at a lack of popular involvement in colonial executive decision-making and perhaps to also integrate French Canadians better into the widening community.
		Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm that formally recognizes Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, Role and Responsibilities of the Governor General whose duties are performed on a day-to-day basis by the Governor General at the federal level and by the Lieutenant-Governors at the provincial level.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Canada (5095 words)

	HOW TO FIX CANADA //
		This multiculturalism that the Liberals love has created a form of cultural compartmentalization in which each ethnic group is paid by the federal government to maintain their cultural identity and not bother to be involved in the greater Canadian culture.
		Canadian politicians have never been allowed to vote their conscience on capital punishment -- a federal offense in Canada -- although polls have shown that 80% of Canadians are in favor of capital punishment.
		Quebec has a government that is intent of separating from Canada but like a dysfunctional family, the parties about to be divorced, are too busy to discuss the issues.
	jamesbredin.tripod.com /numberfour/id17.html (2206 words)

	GOINGLOBAL.COM
		Canada is a vast country, and the demand for certain occupations varies significantly by region or metropolitan area.
		The shortage is even greater in the northern regions of Canada, and as a result, the Canadian government has taken steps to make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to become licensed for these areas.
		When planning to relocate to Canada, it is therefore very important to consider your skill set and determine in what area of Canada you are most likely to find a demand for your talents.
	www.goinglobal.com /hot_topics/canada_straka_relocate.asp (731 words)

	bilingualism in canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada is a vast territory that can be divided into two national communities: one a majority accustomed to seeing English as the country's predominant and usual language, the other, a minority located in Québec and parts of Ontario and New Brunswick that have recently begun to use French as their first language.
		Since Canada was created in 1867, the Constitution has made Québec subject to certain obligations regarding bilingualism: it must adopt its laws in French and in English and guarantee parliament, judges, litigants, and parties to a legal proceeding with the use of the two languages.
		There is bilingualism in federal institutions across the country: government services, postal services, airports, etc. -but only 30% of federal public servants are bilingual and most of them work in the Ottawa region, the federal capital.
	www.alsintl.com /languages/bilingualCanada.htm (549 words)

	<< Journals Division of UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS >> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The second chapter describes the transformation in Canada's `linguistic landscape' from the mid-1960s to the present time, mapping the era from first political promises through prioritization of federal institutional language usage and on to the provinces' provision of bilingual services and evidence of growing societal incorporation of the values of official bilingualism.
		Official languages in Canada: Changing the language landscape is a careful documentation of the historical delivery of Canada's policy of official bilingualism that provides a very useful record of the evolution of official bilingualism over the past 30-odd years.
		Canada is famous around the world for developing the French immersion paradigm in education, and has spurred many educational programs in other countries designed to introduce, maintain, and even revive bi- and multilingualism.
	www.utpjournals.com /jour.ihtml?lp=product/cmlr/562/Official1.html (673 words)

	Canada's Bilingual Experience by Steve Sailer for UPI, Francophone Anglophone Pierre Trudeau Scott Reid Joe Clark ...
		Canada started down a similar road over 30 years ago by limiting many government positions to those who can speak both English and French.
		Perhaps it would be fairest to say that the president is extremely bilingual, because when giving interviews in his unique brand of "Spanglish," he often shifts back and forth between Spanish and English several times in the same sentence.
		Canada became officially bilingual in 1969 in an attempt to cajole French-speaking Quebec into not seceding.
	www.isteve.com /2001_Canada_Bilingual.htm (1205 words)

	Commentary Magazine - A Cautionary Case of Bilingualism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		...Bilingualism is a factor in Brian Mulroney's precipitous decline and has also had a hand in the virtually complete disappearance of the federal Liberal party from the West, an area it once dominated...
		...Bilingualism has not persuaded Canadians that they can live and work in the language of their choice throughout the country...
		...Canada's bilingual group is heavily Francophone, by a factor of two to one...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V84I5P65-1.htm (2583 words)

	Bilingualism: English Canada
		The decision of parents whose native language is English to raise their child bilingually prompted a review of the literature concerning approaches to fostering infant bilingualism.
		This study deals with Bilingualism as reflected in the performance of a 12-year-old bilingual.
		Specifically, changes were noticeable in the speech of the subject’s native tongue, Arabic, as he went through the process of acquiring his second language, English.
	www.lycos.com /info/bilingualism--english-canada.html (452 words)

	Petition to end Official Bilingualism: Stop the waste and discrimination Petition
		Canada's French-speaking population resides mainly in Quebec, which is itself an officially unilingual French province.
		In general, bilingualism is linked to the amount of contact between different linguistic groups.
		The Petition to end Official Bilingualism: Stop the waste and discrimination Petition to The Federal Government of Canada was created by All the people of Canada and written by Kim McConnell (admin@languagefairness.ca).
	www.petitiononline.com /ottawa/petition.html (742 words)

	Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada is the world's second largest country by area, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean.
		Occupying most of the northern portion of North America, Canada shares land borders with the United States to the south and to the northwest.
		Now a federal dominion of ten provinces and three territories, Canada peacefully obtained sovereignty from the United Kingdom in a process that stretched from 1867 to 1982.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Canadians.htm (5327 words)

	Bilingualism in Canada - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1974, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act required the use of both French and English on all consumer packaging across the country, and bilingual packaging remains one of the most visible aspects of bilingualism for the Canadian general public.
		The act also requires that children of immigrants to Canada residing in Quebec attend French-language public schools; The children of Canadian citizens who have received their education in Canada in English (a requirement that is never verified) may attend English-language public schools, which are operated by English-language school boards throughout the province.
		Some, mostly English-speaking Canadians living in provinces with small French populations, resent the federal bilingualism policies as unnecessary and excessive government regulation, and for those opponents, the presence of French on their cereal boxes and other packaging is a constant reminder of the policy.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Bilingualism_in_Canada (1273 words)

	Petition to end official bilingualism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The injustice of official bilingualism is that it is being applied to discriminate against anglophones outside Quebec, while Quebec itself remains officially, militantly, unilingual French.
		Official bilingualism is being used and abused by francophones and bilingual liberal elites as a forced entry into positions of power and influence across Canada.
		The petition to end official bilingualism is clearly meant to reach as many people as possible in Canada and I hope that those who get this link will participate.
	www.talkaboutjobhunting.com /group/vic.jobs/messages/4888.html (753 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Most Still See Bilingualism As Worthwhile CP The Halifax Daily News April 7, 2003 NEWS 7 MONTREAL (CP) -- About 60 per cent of Canadians think bilingualism is an asset worth investing in, but people in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are split down the middle on the issue, a poll suggests.
		Nationally, 62 per cent viewed bilingualism as an asset, compared with 27 cent who thought it was a problem.
		The poll also suggested that 12 per cent of Canadians consider themselves "perfectly bilingual" in French and English, while 31 per cent said they are "able to get by" in the second language.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art2105.txt (421 words)

	Mapleleafweb.com: Features - Official Bilingualism in Canada
		In Atlantic Canada, over twenty percent of the population list French as their mother tongue, compared to under three percent in the prairie provinces and British Columbia (Souce, 1996 Census).
		When asked, “Are you for or against the development of bilingualism throughout Canada?” seventy percent of respondents in the Atlantic Provinces voted yes.
		On the other hand, respondents in the prairie provinces were split almost evenly down the middle: forty-five percent of respondents favored the development of bilingualism, while forty-one percent were opposed.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /features/cultural/bilingualism/index.html (332 words)

	iParenting Canada:Articles:Bilingualism in Canada
		The Canadian Heritage Web site defends Canada’s policy of linguistic duality and bilingualism by suggesting that bilingualism is “a selling point for Canada.” Among the facts cited is that the number of bilingual Canadians doubled between 1951 and 1991, up from 12 to 16 percent of the population.
		Bilingual people have a higher rate of participation in the labour force compared to those who speak one language.
		Core French – also known as basic French or French as a second language – is taught as a subject within a school’s curriculum and may be offered from kindergarten to grade 12.
	www.iparentingcanada.com /articles/2345.php?wcat=178 (1134 words)

	Re: Petition to end official bilingualism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		> > The injustice of official bilingualism is that it is being applied to > discriminate against anglophones outside Quebec, while Quebec itself > remains officially, militantly, unilingual French.
		Official > bilingualism is being used and abused by francophones and bilingual > liberal elites as a forced entry into positions of power and influence > across Canada.
		In general, > bilingualism is linked to the amount of contact between different > linguistic groups.
	www.talkaboutjobhunting.com /group/vic.jobs/messages/4893.html (894 words)

	Advantages of Biligualism in Canada
		We had to do a project on Bilingualism in Canada so we have decided to do it on the advantages and disadvantages of more than one language.
		How ever we have also found that if you don't have another language it is twice as hard to travel to non English places or if you speak any other language it would be hard to get around in a place that speaks a different language.
		They are in a huge building with no freedom until the hearing from the judge, and the ones that got away are running around knowing nothing about the Canadian background or about the english language.
	www.webspawner.com /users/Bilingualism (485 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Students Learn Advantages of Bilingualism in Canada: Grade 11 Pupils in French Language Programs Attend Session with Business, Political Leaders David Stewart The Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) Apr.
		The students were taking part in French for the Future, a national initiative which hosts French-language programs for high school students in 15 cities across Canada, linking them with business and community leaders who reinforce the advantages of bilingualism.
		Ralston Saul moderated a noontime webcast from Calgary that was broadcast on a screen at the W.A. Murphy Centre at UPEI.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3867.txt (403 words)

	YouTube - Bilingualism in Canada
		Still 10 million people have french has their first language whitch is alot in fact 31% of the Canadian population, Bilingualism is a must.
		P.E.Trudeau, Canada's greatest PM, gave you the Charter of Rights and gave courts the power to recognize special interests and individual priviliges to minorities.
		Quebec separatists speak out in total disregard for the rest of Canada and have an agenda to divide Canada through Quebec separation.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=FJAq0gNGm7s (586 words)

	Mapleleafweb.com: Features - Official Bilingualism in Canada - History of Canadian Language Politics
		In fact, recognition of Canada’s linguistic duality can be found in the original 1867 Constitution Act.
		In 1963, Prime Minister Pearson responded to the growing unrest in Quebec by appointing the Royal and Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.
		Despite this fact, in its final report the Commission chose not to recommend policies that would promote two unilingual regions, where the primary language in Quebec was French and the primary language in the rest of the country was English.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /features/cultural/bilingualism/history.html (656 words)

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