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The Challenge Faced By Francophone and Anglophone Groups in Maintaining Their Culture and Identity    

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Did You Know?- Right for Francophone and Anglophone are part of what made Confederation, and so Canada Possible

Did You Know?- Under the British North America Act (BNA Act) in 1867, Confederation established Canada as bicultural, bilingual county with rights for Francophones and Anglophones 

Did You Know?- It made French and English official languages of Canada's parliament

Did You Know?- It guaranteed public schools for the Protestant minority in Québec and the Catholic minorities in the rest of Canada. The rest of Canada at the time included Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. These religion-based rights corresponded to English-French language divisions in Canada at the time, since most Protestants spoke English and most Catholics spoke French.


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Did You Know?
1890- Manitoba Schools Act:
Manitoba entered Confederation 1870 as a bilingual province with rights to publicly funded Catholic schools that served the Francophone community and Protestant schools that served the Anglophone schools. Although these rights had been a tough win for Louis Riel, and central to the entry of Manitoba into Confederation, the Manitoba School Act: Abolished public funding for Catholic Schools and Made Manitoba an officially English-only province.

Did You Know?
1892- Haultain Resolution and North-West Territories Ordinance Number 22:
Before Alberta turned into a province, it was a part of the North-Weat Territories, which was officially bilingual and had a publicly funded Catholic schools and Protestant schools.
The Haultain resolution was proposed by the premier of the territory, Frederic Haultain, and passed by the territory assembly. It called for the proceedings of the assembly to be English only.
Ordinance Number 22 required English as the language of instruction in all schools.


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