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Today, French is the first official language of 23% of Canada's population, [1] with 29.2% of Public Service of Canada employees identifying French as their first official language, [2] including 32% of management-level jobs. [3] The first high-profile complaint of preferential hiring took place in 1834.
History. The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron.
Radio Bilingüe is the recognized Spanish-language radio service for the public radio system in the United States. It serves over half a million listeners with its pioneering daily Spanish-language national talk show, Línea Abierta, its independently produced news service, Noticiero Latino, and its rainbow of Spanish-language folk music for ...
The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (French: Commission royale d’enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme, also known as the Bi and Bi Commission and the Laurendeau-Dunton Commission) was a Canadian royal commission established on 19 July 1963, by the government of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson to "inquire into and report upon the existing state of bilingualism ...
By Mike Scarcella. (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to revive a challenge to a California law that could force the companies to treat ...
Bilingual sign where English and Spanish are displayed equally in size and font; the Colorado Desert in Southern California. Bilingual sign where English is displayed more prominently than Spanish, in the San Joaquin Valley. Spanish was the official administrative language of California through the Spanish and Mexican eras, until 1848.
LJJ – Postnominals of Lords or Ladies Justice of Appeal, plural (United Kingdom) LL.B. – Legum Baccalaureus — Bachelor of Laws. LLC — Limited liability company. LL.D. – Legum Doctor — Doctor of Law. LL.M. – Legum Magister — Master of Laws. LP — Limited partnership. LLP — Limited liability partnership.
In a bizarre series of events early Monday morning, a hotel desk clerk in La Jolla, California, stabbed a guest before fleeing and driving his car off a pier, according to San Diego police.