Share this Story: Liberals' proposed language reforms seek 'equality' of English and French in CanadaLiberals' proposed language reforms seek 'equality' of English and French in Canada In a document published Friday, the federal government makes over 50 proposals that aim to counter the decline of French across the country Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/FileArticle content OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is proposing a series of sweeping language reforms that will “intervene vigorously to counter and remedy” the decline of French in Canada. According to Mélanie Joly, the minister of Official Languages, the idea is to reach true equality between English and French. We need to make sure that French and English are much more at an equal footing at this point,” Joly said in an interview Thursday. More French immersion teachers “Use of French has deteriorated in Canada. She would also give the Commissioner of Official Languages increased powers to better enforce compliance of the Official Languages Act.

Source: National Post February 19, 2021 11:03 UTC