Official languages or national languages? : Canada's decision / revised by Lucie Lecomte. : YM32-2/2014-81-2021E-PDF

"In recent years, some federal parliamentarians have on occasion described English and French, which have official language status in Canada, as "national languages." This background paper situates the use of the term "national languages" in Canada's historic and linguistic landscape, beginning with a brief explanation of the difference between a "national language" and an "official language." It then traces the decision to use the term "official languages" to describe English and French, as well as the recommendation to give them a legal foundation, two factors leading to the adoption of the Official Languages Act in 1969. Lastly, it addresses the recent usage of "national languages" to better explain what some parliamentarians mean by that term"--Introduction, page 1.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada. Library of Parliament, issuing body.
Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service, issuing body.
Titre Official languages or national languages? : Canada's decision / revised by Lucie Lecomte.
Titre de la série Background paper ; publication no. 2014-81-E
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Autres langues publiées [Français]
Édition précédente Official languages or national languages? Canada's decision /
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Langues officielles ou langues nationales? Le choix du Canada.
"16 March 2021."
Issued also in HTML format.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-15).
Information sur la publication Ottawa, Canada : Library of Parliament = Bibliothèque du Parlement, 2021.
©2021
Auteur / Contributeur Lecomte, Lucie, 1977- author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 15 pages).
Numéro de catalogue
  • YM32-2/2014-81-2021E-PDF
Descripteurs Canada. Official Languages Act.
Language policy -- Canada.
Bilingualism -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Canada -- Languages -- Law and legislation.
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