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In reply to the discussion: Please tell this Canadian...why is the Repub. presid. canadidate being decided by a small state? [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Actually, the only offically bilingual province is
New Brunswick. (Quebec is officially monolingual French.)
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Please tell this Canadian...why is the Repub. presid. canadidate being decided by a small state? [View all]
glarius
Jan 2012
OP
New Brunswick is great. They also speak English in Nova Scotia, if you can understand the dialects.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#37
There is no requirement to know French in most provinces other than Quebec....
riverbendviewgal
Jan 2012
#30
That is not the way that it is supposed to work, but it is, in fact, how it does.
potone
Jan 2012
#14
Your sarcastic comment does not seem to recognize the fact that we don't sweat over a head of state
glarius
Jan 2012
#31
It's designed to allow Party insiders and monied interests to select the candidates.
Romulox
Jan 2012
#19
I believe people are starting to realize what Harper's intentions are and we will do to his
glarius
Jan 2012
#35
Think of it this way. Here we have elections, but the majority is never truly represented.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#36