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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
So basically you have to be bilingual to work in the government in Canada, correct?
If so, couldn't the government just offer free language classes to anyone who wanted them? Wouldn't that give everyone an equal shot for government jobs?
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From my limited exposure to this, if you work in Ottawa, you can have a conversation with someone, and change from English to French every second sentence. If you work at GOC in Edmonton, you can take a year off work to learn French. You may have to be a certain level to do that, but I've heard of it being done.