Official languages
What are the official languages of Canada?
French and English
Bill 101 is a Quebec law passed in 19_ _ that establishes the protection promotion and use of the french language in Quebec.
When in the 1900 was the law passed?
1977
George Etienne Cartier and ____ _ _______ forged the Francophone-Anglophone alliance at the foundation of confederation.
John A Macdonald
When did Manitoba enter confederation?
1870
What is it called to be a person who speaks french as a first language?
Francophone
How many Francophone schools are publicly funded in Alberta?
26
What did John A. Macdonald not want to do and put the matter into court to decide?
He didn’t want to overrule or disallow provincial legislation
Is it the minority or majority population that have the right to publicly funded schools?
Minority
Which province is officially bilingual under the charter?
New Brunswick
Canadian citizens belonging to the Francophone minority in Alberta have the right to have 1.____ _____ _______ in Francophone 2._______
1. Their children educated
2. Schools
When was the issue related to provincial legislation still debated on?
1896
Who proposed the Haultain Resolution?
Frederick Haultain
Canadians have the right to conduct all 1._________ and 2._______ with the federal government in either official language
1. Communication
2. Affairs
In 1983 Francophone parents in Alberta launch a Charter challenge to establish their right to Francophone school boards.
In what year the the supreme court affirm that right?
1990
Who was the first French-Canadian prime minister?
Wilfrid Laurier
Under what act in 1867 had confederation established Canada as a bicultural, bilingual country?
British North American Act