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Should immigrants be required to learn English?

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 @B4NWMMBfrom Ontario  answered…1wk1W

Yes if living in a predominantly English-speaking area. French should be learned if living in a French-speaking area.

 @9J2KZ54from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, unless they are mentally unable to (such as cases of dementia where a family member enters the country on humanitarian grounds)

 @99LFTHSNew Democraticfrom Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, English (Or French dependant if the location is a French speaking majority) should be required, but the government should provide free language learning courses

 @9LX8MD9from Ontario  answered…12mos12MO

Yes, with the inclusion that French should also be accepted to reflect our status as a bilingual country.

 @8Z7M8BYfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

Or French. We have two official languages.

 @94B8ZS9Liberalfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

That or French. To be honest though, I don't see how an immigrant could live in this country for any amount of time and not eventually learn either English or French. I don't believe there needs to be any compulsion from the government, they will just learn the language(s) naturally in order to get by.

 @92GRS2Nfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

New immigrants should be be required to learn either official language, and multilingual translations should be removed from government documents and services

 @8VJJQ54New Democraticfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

English or French as they are the official languages

 @8V8DWCCfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

yes, or french.

 @8TVQBNRfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

I believe they should be required to learn either English or French.

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