Born-Again Bilingualism
An anglo journalist charts the ups and downs of Canada’s most contentious public policy June 2006
Graham Fraser has written a book to tell Canadians we still don’t get it, after 40 years of official bilingualism. Three hundred thousand kids are in French immersion but there is little opportunity for them to connect with French Canadians or to continue to develop their embryonic language skills. Students can get into and out of university without French…