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B&B a good idea: Tommy Douglas, Jean Lesage
"Canada is now in the greatest crisis of its history," reported the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. In 1963, the commission known as B&B began touring the country, asking Canadians if it was important to speak both French and English. Many francophones who felt they were losing their language saw separatism as their only recourse. The co-chairs of the commission would have a big duty: to figure out how to give Canada bilingualism and to prevent its two solitudes from splitting apart.
Program: Sunday Morning Magazine
Broadcast Date: Aug. 4, 1963
Guest(s): Tommy Douglas, Jean Lesage
Host: Alex Trebek
Duration: 3:41
Last updated: March 11, 2013
Page consulted on March 11, 2013
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