A few language related articles from CBC.

From CBC, Quebec sees growth in English-speaking population:

The number of English-speaking Quebecers is on the increase for the first time in 30 years due to immigration, along with a slowdown in the outflow of Quebec anglophones.

The number has grown by about 5.5 per cent between the censuses of 2001 and 2006, reversing a trend that began in the early 1970s when provincial language policies and a push for Quebec sovereignty prompted many English-speaking residents to move elsewhere.

The influx includes people moving from other provinces, as well as an increase in immigration by English-speaking people from south Asian countries.

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Also from CBC, Ottawa accused of ignoring bilingual policy:

The city of Ottawa is neglecting its francophone community and ignoring its bilingualism policy, says a francophone advocacy group.

Claudette Boyer, head of the Ottawa chapter of L’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario (ACFO), told CBC News the city isn’t following its 2001 policy that gives francophones the same rights and privileges as anglophones. […]

"We always have to fight for what we want. It makes me frustrated and disappointed that we always have to remind [people that] … oh, francophones are here," she told CBC News in a recent interview.

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