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-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.
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.