Actually one needs to speak English or French. There is a fairly small points bonus for being bilingual. In reality Canada isn't bilingual at all. One province even makes English illegal in certain contexts. To the best of my knowledge, no province has banned the use of French.
Seriously, the Federal government and the governments of New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba are required to offer services in both languages. That's as far as it goes. Speaking French in Vancouver is about as useful as speaking Swedish in Milan.
And lest you blame this more or less bilingual immigrant I would point out that both my children were educated in French immersion programmes. However the experience of an educated middle class immigrant in a major urban area is just not typical at all.
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Date: 2006-08-30 09:25 pm (UTC)Seriously, the Federal government and the governments of New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba are required to offer services in both languages. That's as far as it goes. Speaking French in Vancouver is about as useful as speaking Swedish in Milan.
And lest you blame this more or less bilingual immigrant I would point out that both my children were educated in French immersion programmes. However the experience of an educated middle class immigrant in a major urban area is just not typical at all.