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Canadian Bilingual Districts: From Cornerstone to Tombstone
ISBN: 9780773575929
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Language policy -- Canada -- History;

Bilingual districts were recommended in 1969 by the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism to help resolve Canada's sociolinguistic tensions. The "cornerstone" of the Commission's 150 recommendations and its federal language policy, these administrative enclaves were intended to provide symbolic recognition of minority homelands and to delineate where federal, provincial, and municipal public services should be made available in both official languages.

Daniel Bourgeois is executive director, Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy and Public Administration.Daniel Bourgeois is executive director, Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy and Public Administration.