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Originally Posted by Acajack
My point was that francophones who moved to the west had a certain number of legal rights to institutions in their language (which were either not respected or taken away).
Immigrant groups did not and do not generally have these rights.
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Can we apply common sense to this going forward and use a mirrored approach? What percentage of a population or number of people would need to speak the minority official language in Alberta or Quebec before it merits, a separate school system, court system, major overhaul of municipal government beyond just information translated into the less popular language and availability of a translator. I ask this because tax dollars are at stake.
I had no problems with the building of a new French (not to be confused with French immersion) junior high/ high school in St. Albert last year, because I'm assuming the numbers support it, despite only 2% of St. Albert identifying themselves as francophone in the 2016 census.
Looking east, Sept Iles has approximately a 3% anglophone population. What would be the minimum level of acceptable english service for those citizens.
An interesting 'fairly' recent article about government legal obligations relevant to both Quebec and Alberta