Unit 5: Bilingualism & Biculturalism

Question 1

In 1867, this allowed for either English or French to be used in debates within the House or Senate, as well as in publishing the official record of these debates.

Answer 1

The Constitution Act 1867

Question 2

what did the Lesage government create in order to help preserve and advance the use of French in Quebec?

Answer 2

Office québécois de la langue française

Question 3

who was under the leadership of the minority Liberal government when elected in 1963?

Answer 3

Lester B. Person

Question 4

What did the liberals promise if elected?

Answer 4

would appoint a royal commission (essentially, a high-level policy discussion)

Question 5

What is the formation of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism also known as?

Answer 5

As the Laurendeau-Dunton Commission, after the commission chairs’ names

Question 6

the final report was submitted to the government in…

Answer 6

1970

Question 7

In 1969, when the federal government passed the Official Languages Act, what did that declare?

Answer 7

declaring French and English to be the official languages of Canada, and under which all federal institutions must provide their services in English or French at the customer’s choice.

Question 8

the Official Languages Act also helped who outside of Quebec?

Answer 8

the large French-speaking populations of Manitoba and New Brunswick, for instance, would be able to access federal government services in their first language

Question 9

Bill 63 (1969)

Answer 9

The provincial law guaranteed all in Quebec the right to choose the language of instruction for their children.

Question 10

Loi pour promouvoir la langue française au Quebec is what bill?

Answer 10

Bill 93 (1969)

Question 11

the Loi sur la langue officielle is what bill?

Answer 11

Bill 22 (1974)

Question 12

Bill 22 (1974)

Answer 12

The law made French the official language of Quebec, and required corporations to advertise primarily in French,to adopt a French name, and ability of parents to enroll their children in English-language schools (based on the result of a English as a mother tongue test written by each student seeking entry)

Question 13

Bill 101 (1977)

Answer 13

required that all advertising be done in French, that businesses address their employees in French, and the government use only French in addressing corporations and other governments (within Canada)

Question 14

the Charte de la langue française is what Bill?

Answer 14

Bill 101 (1977)

Question 15

Bill 178 (1988)

Answer 15

would apply through use of the ‘notwithstanding’ clause of the Constitution Act, 1982.

Question 16

The Points system (immigration)

Answer 16

immigration officers were responsible for assigning points to a fixed maximum in nine categories (including education, employment opportunities in Canada, age, personal characteristics, English and/or French-language fluency). Those receiving more than fifty points (out of a possible hundred) would be considered for immigration.