Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoWab Kinew Wants to Make Manitoba a Bilingual Province “Like New Brunswick”www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up146
arrow-up146external-linkWab Kinew Wants to Make Manitoba a Bilingual Province “Like New Brunswick”www.youtube.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoHey David Eby, please join this fine gentleman.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoIn BC, Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese each have roughly equal numbers to French speakers, and there are few French speaking enclaves, unlike Manitoba. If you’re in Richmond, retail signs and ads are often Chinese first, etc.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoHowever French is the second most spoken language in BC.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoYes, by .25%. Mandarin is .3% less at 6.36% – splitting hairs. I am in favour of franco-anglo bilingualism, but would like a postcolonial and regional approach. I fully expect salish languages to become more popular as well in the next couple of generations.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWe definitely need to fund more indigenous language programs.
Hey David Eby, please join this fine gentleman.
In BC, Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese each have roughly equal numbers to French speakers, and there are few French speaking enclaves, unlike Manitoba. If you’re in Richmond, retail signs and ads are often Chinese first, etc.
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However French is the second most spoken language in BC.
Yes, by .25%. Mandarin is .3% less at 6.36% – splitting hairs.
I am in favour of franco-anglo bilingualism, but would like a postcolonial and regional approach.
I fully expect salish languages to become more popular as well in the next couple of generations.
We definitely need to fund more indigenous language programs.