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Anglophone Quebecers keep their culture

Broadcast Date: June 3, 1964

Shortly after the commission investigating bilingualism files its interim report, an anglophone living in Quebec says he has no problem maintaining his culture. It's not difficult because he lives in a mostly anglophone community. In this CBC Television clip, another anglophone Quebecer says he feels the same way. His wife's French family welcomes him with open arms. However, he's not sure that would be the case if Quebec separates.

Anglophone Quebecers keep their culture

• The Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism filed an interim report in February 1965. The report suggested that some progress had been made. It found that English Canada had started to open its eyes to bilingualism while French Canada was feeling less dissatisfied than before the commission had started its work.
• However, the report made one very dramatic statement. It said, "Canada is now in the greatest crisis of its history and if something is not done it will break up."

• Book 1 of the commission's final report, released in 1967, found that French-speaking minorities had a more difficult time maintaining their culture than anglophones living in Quebec. The commission wrote, "In Quebec ... the disadvantages of minority status are balanced for the English-speaking group by their membership in the larger Canadian English-speaking society and by a very advantageous socio-economic position."

Anglophone Quebecers keep their culture

Medium: Television

Program: CBC Newsmagazine

Broadcast Date: June 3, 1964

Host: Ken Mason

Duration: 2:07

Last updated:
Nov. 30, 2006