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However 1 billion dollars a year to protect the French language from attrition is a little suspect considering every other culture in Canada faces attrition without the hefty handouts.
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OFKUO, I understand where you are coming from but the other culture you speak of weren't one of the founding three cultures of Canada (English, French and Native). By "every other culture in Canada" I take it you are excluding English...
Yes there is a lot of money spent on keeping us bilingual but that is just what it costs to *be* bilingual. If it is so hard to track where did the number 1 billion come from? Probably the same place most of these numbers come from... some spin doctor's ass. Tnumber is likely *much* lower. For example how much more does it cost to make bilingual signage or print bilingual forms? My guess is not all that much more than it costs to make unilingual ones.
Multiculturalism is another issue. I'd like to know where that money is being spent and why?