"What does Quebec want?" It is the question most asked by anglophones at the open discussions of the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. The inquiry, which is touring the country, completes its 18th public discussion in June 1964. When CBC reporter Ken Mason poses the same question to a Quebecer in this TV clip, he responds, "To be Canadian first, but to be French, too, from Vancouver to Halifax." But another francophone doesn't feel bilingualism is so achievable. He believes that in 20 or 30 years, there will be no more French-Canadian nation. And he's not sure how to solve this problem, short of separatism. Making Canada bilingual will be "very, very difficult because the English people do not want to have equality and true bilingualism," he explains.
3 окт 2024
