Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday March 18, 1568 13 language Bill in offing Ottawa up the govern ment Hopes to introduce an offi Cial languages Bill Early in the next session of parliament to ensure the Equality of English and French in Canada a pro Gress report on the Federal pro Gram for bilingualism says. It was tabled by prime minis Ter Pearson Friday in the com Mons and it reiterates the government s anxiety to bring into effect language measurer recommended in the first report of the Royal commission on bilingualism and . The Federal program would be aimed at ensuring the Equality of French and English with re Spect too parliament the supreme court of Canada and All federally established courts. Federal statutes important and documents of general interest the armed forces embassies and offices of Federal departments and Agen cies abroad International agree ments and agreements with the provinces the Federal administration in Ottawa appropriate offices or departments and Crown corporations across Canada particularly immigration and customs offices at All ports and important transportation terminals such As airports. These extensive changes will not occur spontaneously or in stantly upon the passing of a the report says. However Ottawa was deter mined to proceed As quickly As possible with implementation. The Progress report contained a six Point rundown on Steps to Ward bilingualism taken by Ottawa since the commission was appointed in 1963 a Public service language school with 42 students and four language teachers was opened in february 1964. Now More than Public servants and 200 teachers Are engaged in Sec Ond language training in 1965, Only 13.3 per cent of University graduates hired for Federal administrative and for eign service careers were French speaking. The figure in 1967 was 34.8 per cent reasonable proficiency in the two official languages has become an element of Merit in selecting graduates a Bicu Tural development program started in 1966 will produce about 50 senior Bilin Gual officials in the next few years. Under the program 20 English speaking senior officials spend a year in Quebec City soaking up French while 10 French speaking officials spend a year in Toronto. Families Are included in the cultural Immer Sion course secretaries stenographers and typists have been getting seven per cent salary differential for bilingualism since oct. 1, 1968. The Public service com Mission now is analysing application of a differential to cer Tain clerical grades. A special secretariat on bilingualism is in operation to co ordinate and promote bilingual ism at the Federal level. Ottawa fully accepted the b and a principle of recognition of both official languages in Law and in practice wherever the minority is numerous enough to be viable As a this did not mean the govern ment would expect or require canadians to become bilingual. The principle involved the right of a citizen of either Lan Guage to Deal with Public authorities in that language and to be the government repeated it will be glad to help the prov inces implement proposals made in the b and b report. The government also strongly endorses a commission recommendation that Ottawa que Bec City and Toronto get together to discuss bilingualism in the National capital area. Officials the three governments had held a meeting since the Constitution Al conference in february and a preparatory committee on the capital Region was making encouraging new offences won t mean extra time a 19-year-old youth convicted of breaking into five North Kildonan Homes and stealing Money will not serve additional time in prison. Magistrate Harold Gyles said Friday that if the latest offences had been before the court when sentence was imposed on Wayne Griffen at Winnipeg magistrate s court for other offences then no addition Al term would have been imposed. The magistrate imposed a six month concurrent term for each offence. Griffen of Donald Road St. Andrews was sentenced to nine months in january on conviction of 18 charges of break enter with intent seven charges of break enter and theft and two charges of Public mischief. 1 Mercury Sale prices on All cars special deals on h i cars. Everything s on Sale in your Mercury showroom during Bounty Days. 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