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"1967: Commission on bilingualism releases final report"

Title

"1967: Commission on bilingualism releases final report"

Subject

Canada
Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
Culture
Language

Description

From the CBC Digital Archives, online: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/bilingualism-finally-a-report:
French and English should be the two languages of government from airports to federal courts, recommends the commission studying bilingualism. The inquiry known as the B&B Commission releases its final report today -- four years after it began. It's been so long that in this CBC Television clip, reporter Ron Collister can't remember what B&B stands for. Commission members say that protecting French culture at the federal level is not enough. They found that 95 per cent of francophones live in three provinces: Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick. For this reason, they're generally in favour of regional protection and suggest that the three provinces should declare themselves bilingual.

Creator

CBC Newsmagazine

Source

CBC Digital Archives: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1724117891/

Publisher

CBC Newsmagazine

Date

Dec. 5, 1967

Rights

(c) CBC Television

Format

video

Language

English

Type

Streaming video

Video Filename

1967: Commission on bilingualism releases final report

Video Streaming URL

Video Source

CBC Digital Archive

Original Format

Moving image

Duration

0:05:42

Producer

CBC Newsmagazine

Files

Citation

CBC Newsmagazine, “"1967: Commission on bilingualism releases final report",” Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2670.