English-Speaking Quebecers Care About the Official Languages Act – They Just Don’t Know It

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Author/collaborator
Title
English-Speaking Quebecers Care About the Official Languages Act – They Just Don’t Know It
Abstract
Most English Quebecers have never heard of the Official Languages Act – the 1969 law that made Canada a bilingual country. On the other hand, almost all have definitely heard of Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language – the law that made Quebec a French-speaking province. The author points out that for English-speaking Quebecers, the Official Languages Act is a welcome counterpoint to Quebec’s policy, even if it is constantly over shadowed by that policy, because it frames linguistic duality as a win-win.
Publication
Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne
Volume
Vol. 17
Issue
no. 1
Date
2020
Pages
21-23
Language
en
URL
Citation
Sandilands, Marion. “English-Speaking Quebecers Care About the Official Languages Act – They Just Don’t Know It.” Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne, 2020. https://acs-metropolis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/canadiandiversity-vol17-no1-2020-zyknm.pdf.
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