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Old 03-07-2014, 10:40 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis View Post
^^Lots of people in New Brunswick also speak french (and I think it's the only official bilingual province) so I'm not too sure.
The population of New Brunswick is only about 750k. Of that, roughly 1/3 (or 250k people) are native French speakers. It's highly unlikely that the federal government would remain bilingual in a hypothetical Canada that didn't include Quebec, although I could certainly see NB maintaining its status as a bilingual province.
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