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From Spicer to Théberge: 50 Years in the Life of the Relationship Between the Commissioner of Official Languages and the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec
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From Spicer to Théberge: 50 Years in the Life of the Relationship Between the Commissioner of Official Languages and the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec
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The author, the Regional Representative in Quebec and Nunavut for the office of the federal Commissioner of Official Languages, claims that all of Canada’s Commissioners since the position was created in 1970 have had a relationship with Quebec’s English-speaking community that was shaped by views they brought to the job and by events that took place while they were in office. For example, the first Commissioner, the Toronto native Keith Spicer, referred to English Quebecers in a 1973 speech to an American audience as "Westmount Rhodesians," a slur coined by René Lévesque in 1966. Later Commissioners chastised the federal government for what they saw as its neglect of Quebec Anglophones. Only one English Quebecer, Victor Goldbloom, was ever appointed as a Commissioner. The author concludes that "[f]ifty years after Commissioner Spicer took office, there is still an overriding problem of perception facing English-speaking Quebec. They have their place in Quebec, and they value their relationship with the French-speaking majority. But they have become an increasingly fragile minority that sometimes hesitates to stand up and be heard."
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Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne
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Vol. 17
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no. 1
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2020
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7-11
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en
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Johnston, David. “From Spicer to Théberge: 50 Years in the Life of the Relationship Between the Commissioner of Official Languages and the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec.” Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne, 2020. https://acs-metropolis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/canadiandiversity-vol17-no1-2020-zyknm.pdf.
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