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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
If elected, he would be the Prime Minister of a British Commonwealth country with over 75% of its citizens that speak English as their primary language of communication in a continent of 65-70% of people who do as well. Having a complex understanding and level of communication in the language is a basic job REQUIREMENT.
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I can't believe I'm making excuses for Dion, because I'm absolutely not a fan of his, but you're wrong here. By law, he must be able to speak and understand
one of Canada's two official languages, which he does fluently. It's right there in the Charter.
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16. (1) English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.
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17. (1) Everyone has the right to use English or French in any debates and other proceedings of Parliament.
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18. (1) The statutes, records and journals of Parliament shall be printed and published in English and French and both language versions are equally authoritative.
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As for the comments about "he has to speak perfect English to attend G7 meetings", do you not think they have professional translators?