The Limitations of Unilingualism
Canadian Prime-Minister Stephen Harper’s recent appointment of Michael Ferguson as Canada’s Auditor General stirred controversy in Canada. The reason? Ferguson doesn’t speak French, one of …
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Until the 1960s the Canadian Government Did Not Defend the Rights of Francophones
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 10) In Canada, the British North America Act of 1867 safeguarded the rights of French speakers …
French as the Common language
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 6) Many plans were made during the revolutionary period to establish a system of free primary …
The So-called Belgian Accent
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 7) “Vous êtes Belge?” (“You’re Belgian?”) is a question Jean-Benoît is often asked in France, though …