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 Bill  wrote: 
 B> You miss the point! Article 133 did not officialize anything. It provided 
 B> permission 
 B> for both French and English to be used as was described in the article. 
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 B> all.  But the real point is that French was "NOT" the official language 
 of 
 B> Canada and the proof of that is the fact that it was never used as an 
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 B> language for 115 years after the act of 1867 came into force. The people 
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 B> wrote the act new that Canada was an English/ Anglo country being run in 
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 B> English language. The phrase "bilingual" as it applies to French and 
 Engli 
 B> not been invented until Trudeau started tinkering with the English 
 linguis 
 B> heritage of Canadians. 
 B> 
 B> French only began to be used as an official language of Canada AFTER 
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 B> Trudeau brought home his version of the Constitution act in 1982. 
  
 Yeah, and. . . ? 
  
 Trudeau was the duly elected P.M., one among many, who had one vote, 
 representing one riding, and thus the bilingualism was established under due 
 parliamentary process. . . 
  
 Where were you and your disputing of it back then? 
  
 Because I care, 
  
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