Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free nov Mem ai3 View of francophone earns Copps a scolding 0 k Ottawa heritage minister i Sheila Copps came under fire yesterday for suggesting the assimilation of francophone outside Quebec does not Copps appeared before the joint sen at commons committee on official where she showered Mem Bers with facts and figures that show bilingualism has grown by a quantum leap in there is More bilingualism than Ever Copps noting that million canadians Are she attributed the increase to the official languages act passed in bloc my Jeanpaul Marchand accused Copps of misrepresenting the Marchand agreed More people can speak but argued More fran co phones Are not speaking their Mother Tongue and blamed the government for not living up to language you cant even recognize what the problem he told 1 would even Challenge your will and this is not the first time youve made Copps resigned this year Over a eral Promise to scrap the she returned to Cabinet after winning a simply false who was chastised by liberals on the committee for his attack on said the assimilation of francophone is a problem the government is Copps to suggest there Are problems of assimilation is simply she during her Copps Dis played charts and graphs that showed bilingual canadians earn Between 21 per cent and 34 per cent More than unilingual and that three out of four canadians want to learn the other official Between 1981 and the bilingualism rate for isto 25yearolds has increased from 16 per cent to 23 per the most bilingual generation in our she she did admit that Anglo citation exists across including que and attributed it to the americanization of Pur globalization provides certain she referring to the num Ber of to channels beamed into the committee is looking at ways to promote bilingualism and is responsible for making recommendations to the government on language language Law is working Quebec Agency Canadian press m Montreal French is still predominant on Montreal commercial signs so no changes Are needed to Quebec Lan Guage the head of the Conseil de la Langue Francaise said there have been Small but they Are not said Nadia French is present in 94 per cent of the language inspectors visited businesses in Montreal and studied sign messages in Fredima Assimopoulos said she released the study before this week ends pm policy convention to head off criticism of the Conseil Lan Guage is expected to dominate the pm which begins if we released it people would say to us that we have things we did not make the Conseil advises the government on the status of French in the another the office de la Langue enforces the mar Init my Piuni i ism Sali King crab sections to Tautu Popcorn shrimp 1 2 shrimp buy 1 get 1 free a Lull Coupon j lobster Tail us kit i heart bedding 622 Dakota vb654uo till Oswin confused about a Ever try to comparison but cant two mattresses with t same name in 2 Ever wonder Why you pay so much car i for name if you want the talk to us heart youll be glad bilingualism on Rise the official languages act was passed in 1971 facts on the growth 6f in Canada in million Young people 54 per cent of students studied French or English As a second language per cent in French immersion has increased 40 per cent annually Over the last 20 from Young people in 197778 to the proportion of elementary school students learning a second language has risen from per cent in 1971 to per cent in there Are francophone out Side Quebec in 706 the proportion of francophone out Side Quebec Between the Ages of 25 and 34 who have obtained a University diploma More than doubled Between 1971 six per cent and 1991 14 per Ottawa opts out of referendum Law Case Canadian press Federal government will not take part in a Case before the supreme court of Canada that Chal Lenges the Quebec referendum Justice minister Allan Rock said All of the questions the court must address Are before it and there is Noth ing the 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