There are certain things we are not permitted to say publicly in Canada. Some are demonstrably true. For example, official bilingualism has been a failure. (cue the collective gasp)

While this will be perceived as blasphemous in the office of the minister responsible for enforcing bilingualism in Canada, the evidence is clear. Canada was declared to have two official languages under Prime Minister Trudeau, le per, back in 1969. He argued, reasonably, that if a French speaking Canadian walked into a government office that he or she should be served in French.

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But, of course, that’s not where it stopped. The Official Languages Act quickly became politicized. At that time we faced a genuine crisis with the possibility of Quebec separating from the rest of the country. By

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