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Canada’s bilingual anniversary

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40 years ago this week Canada became officially bilingual. Marco Werman speaks Keith Spicer who served as Canada’s first Commissioner of Official Languages from 1970 to 1977.

• Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
• ‘The World in Words’ podcast