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| | Justifying the End of Official Bilingualism: Canada’s North-West Assembly and the Dual Language Question, 1889-1892 |
 | | In the months preceding the opening of the first North-West Assembly on October 31, 1888, and then again during the assembly’s initial sessions, the territorial newspapers assailed the French language and official bilingualism, praised the ascendancy of the English language and the British heritage, and appealed for the creation of a homogeneous Canadian nationality. |
 | | In 1905, when two new provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, were carved out of the North-West Territories, their constitutions made no direct reference to language rights, although each carried over existing territorial laws and regulations, until such time as the provincial legislatures should see fit to make modifications. |
 | | Territorial elections were held about a month later, and the North-West Legislative Assembly was convened on December 10, 1891. |
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