Did you know that the majority of Canadian constitutional documents are not officially bilingual? Even though the Constitution guarantees the equality of status of French and English, many of Canada’s constitutional documents are unilingual, including the Constitution Act. The federal and provincial governments committed to adopting a French version in the Constitution Act, 1982. A French version of all constitutional documents was completed in 1990, but more than 30 years later, an official version has yet to be adopted.
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