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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/A5.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The French Language Debate in Canada Continues' data-article-id='6089'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6792'>Canada has two official languages English and French. </span> <span data-start-time='6792' data-end-time='15396'>But recent events in Canada have caused a new debate over whether French speakers face discrimination.</span> <span data-start-time='15396' data-end-time='21271'>Canada’s largest railway company, CN, is based in Montreal. </span> <span data-start-time='21271' data-end-time='29229'>The city is in the province of Quebec, where 95 percent of the population speaks French.</span> <span data-start-time='29229' data-end-time='38271'>However, none of CN’s recently named nominees for its corporate board are native French speakers. </span> <span data-start-time='38271' data-end-time='47688'>After public anger, the company said it plans to search for a French-speaking board member in the coming months.</span> <span data-start-time='47688' data-end-time='58833'>The question of whether Canadian business leaders should be bilingual in French and English began receiving attention last November. </span> <span data-start-time='58833' data-end-time='66208'>The attention came after comments made by Air Canada President Michael Rousseau.</span> <span data-start-time='66208' data-end-time='72500'>Rousseau said he did not have the time to learn French. </span> <span data-start-time='72500' data-end-time='78646'>The airline leader later publicly apologized for what he said.</span> <span data-start-time='78646' data-end-time='91396'>Canadian law requires companies like CN and Air Canada, once owned by the state, to provide services in both English and French. </span> <span data-start-time='91396' data-end-time='97542'>The same is true for places like airports and government ministries.</span> <span data-start-time='97542' data-end-time='101958'>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is bilingual. </span> <span data-start-time='101958' data-end-time='107667'>He said this week he was concerned about the lack of French speakers on CN’s board.</span> <span data-start-time='107667' data-end-time='117521'>French-speaking Canadians across the country should see themselves reflected in our major national institutions, Trudeau said.</span> <span data-start-time='117521' data-end-time='123229'>Of Canada’s 37 million people, only 8 million speak French. </span> <span data-start-time='123229' data-end-time='131771'>The Canadian constitution in 1982 officially protected the French language as an official language. </span> <span data-start-time='131771' data-end-time='138417'>But the recent happenings have reminded people of the continued fight to support the language.</span> <span data-start-time='138417' data-end-time='148708'>A recent public opinion study found that over 90 percent of Canadians support bilingualism as part of Canada’s culture. </span> <span data-start-time='148708' data-end-time='154792'>However, only 20 percent of the population can speak both French and English.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/of_the_37_million_people_in_canada_how_many_speak_french.wav'>Of the 37 million people in Canada, how many speak French?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Eight million'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/eight_million.wav'><span>Eight million</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/ten_million.wav'><span>Ten million</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/eighteen_million.wav'><span>Eighteen million</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5526/eighty_million.wav'><span>Eighty million</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18571 data-hint-location='148708' 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