Well I don't know about your ancestors, Evan, but Lord Durham, in the 1840s, certainly saw that French should be continued in Quebec notwithstanding that it was a British holding.
That's ancestral enough for me to disagree with your statement.
Cheers,
Jim N
>>I guess I want to know why Canada has 2 official languages. I gather from what you are saying is because some Canadians don't want to give up their French Heritage.
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>Exactly. But then why should they give up their language and culture? It seems that two (or more now) can exist together. Our ancestors didn't quite see it that way though.
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